The Hindu28d
First detailed map of moon’s south pole area made from Chandrayaan data
This meant the ancient ocean of molten lava extended across the entire moon. The new map of Vikram’s landing site, published in the journal Advances in Space Researchon January 20, shows an ...
UPI22d
Texas company lands first successful commercial lunar mission
"You all stuck the landing. We're on the moon," Blue Ghost chief engineer Will ... released a treasure trove of new data in its quest to map and unlock mysteries of what scientists call the ...
Private lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near moon's south pole
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the ...
The New York Times26d
NASA Hitches a Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts
A robotic NASA spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which launched Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is aiming to provide a detailed map ... to the moon, with landing scheduled ...
USA Today27d
Lunar lander Athena is packed and ready to explore the moon: Here’s what on board
The first ever commercial rover to land on the moon, manufactured by a Colorado company ... flybys and thruster burst to position itself to map the distribution of the different forms of water ...
Less mapped than the Moon: Quest to reveal the seabed
It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...
New York Post26d
Moon cell service launching tonight with company behind America’s first private lunar landing
The Houston-based company made history last year when its first Nova-C lander touched down on the Moon, marking the first U.S. landing since ... a spacecraft that will map water ice on the Moon.
CNN18d
Intuitive Machines attempts to land historic water-hunting mission on the moon
The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
Phys.org29d
Lunar Trailblazer blasts off to map water on the moon
This aims to map sources of water on the moon to shed ... which will attempt a soft landing on the moon. If the launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, goes smoothly, the first images ...
CNN18d
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear
Shortly after landing, the team powered down systems ... work to create a 3D map of the moon’s surface, and take pictures. The vehicle is also designed to collect a small soil sample.
KTBS21d
Up close with the Firefly lander that made it to the moon
So it looks like where we're going to land. And if you go look at a Google map and see Briggs, Texas, you'll see the moon," said Patterson. Firefly became the second private company ever to soft ...