NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...
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See the First Stunning Images Taken by the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on Its ‘Scenic Route’ to the Moon
The lander built by Firefly Aerospace has captured incredible views as it orbits Earth. Its next phase is an engine burn that will propel it toward lunar orbit ...
China plans to send a flying robot to search for water on the moon’s far side
China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...
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A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
Why being first to return to the moon matters.
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Race to the Moon: Here Are the Missions America and Its Rivals Are Planning by 2030
In just the next five years ... placed a spacecraft in lunar orbit and used an impact probe to discover water molecules, but failed in an attempt to put a robotic lander on the surface.
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Houston’s Intuitive Machines readies a second lander for a mission to the moon
Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander next to a figure of the war goddess Athena from Homer's "Iliad," from which its name is derived. While Athena is the second of four landers Intuitive ...
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Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Wednesday and deployed two commercial lunar landers on separate trajectories to reach the Moon in the next few ...
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SpaceX Launches Two Private Lunar Landers: A Milestone for Lunar Exploration and NASA’s Long-Term Lunar Ambitions
What is the mission of the Blue Ghost lander? Blue Ghost will land in Mare Crisium on the ... Resilience will deploy a micro rover to collect lunar samples and carry out experiments to explore ...
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2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey
It's take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander ... the lunar landscape. Only five countries have successfully placed spacecraft on the moon since the 1960s: the former Soviet Union ...
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Private Lunar Landers Launched by SpaceX Begin Their Roundabout Journey to the Moon
SpaceX has successfully launched two lunar landers for American and Japanese ... Firefly's Blue Ghost lander is expected to reach the moon first, aiming for a landing in early March at Mare ...
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SpaceX Launches Two Private Moon Landers on Historic Lunar Missions
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, Firefly Aerospace’s maiden craft ... of exploration and lay the groundwork for humanity’s next great adventure. Enjoyed this article? Subscribe to our free ...