Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial landing on the moon
The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.
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Blue Ghost successfully starts lunar surface mission while...
LPV is designed to collect and transfer lunar soil without relying on gravity. While the EDS ... 1 suite of two instruments — a drill and a mass spectrometer. The MAPP rover and its associated ...
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander reached the moon, but its status is unclear
The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.
Intuitive Machines is hoping for a moon-landing streak this week
The latest mission, referred to as IM-2 or PRIME-1, is slated for a moon landing at 11:32 a.m. CT on March 6. Intuitive ...
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Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
The main payload on Athena is a drill for NASA that will extract lunar soil to be sniffed by a mass spectrometer for ... spacecraft has a high center of gravity and is more likely to tip over ...