Unlike NASA’s successful Apollo moon landings that had billions of dollars behind them and ace astronauts at the helm, private companies operate on a limited budget with robotic craft that must land ...
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen missions this year alone ...
Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar lander, sent its final message home from the moon’s surface Sunday before powering down and ...
Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its ...
The Athena moon lander beamed home a poignant lunar view. Soon after, its mission ended. After performing excellently on its flight to and around the moon, Intuitive Machine's Athena spacecraft ...
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
The jets pulsed as needed to control velocity and orientation before slowing the craft to just 2.2 mph ... "You all stuck the landing! We're on the moon!" The assembled Fireflies instantly burst ...
HOUSTON - Another historic U.S. robotic moon landing happened Thursday ... but officials later said they aren't certain if the craft is standing up. "We don't believe we're in the correct ...
“Y’all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” Will Coogan, the lander’s chief engineer, told the control room in suburban Austin after confirming the 330-pound craft was safely on the ...
The win comes just four days after Russia’s crash-landing. Japan becomes the fifth country to land successfully on the moon, with its spacecraft touching down in January. The craft lands on the ...
The win comes just four days after Russia’s crash-landing. Japan becomes the fifth country to land successfully on the moon, with its spacecraft touching down in January. The craft lands on the ...