collected and sorted regolith (dirt and gravel), demonstrating techniques that could be used on sample-return missions to the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
For the second time in less than a week, a privately built U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon, but it was not a perfect ...
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...
If successful, Athena would be the second US-made spacecraft to land on the moon this week. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost on Sunday. • Athena’s target landing site is ...
Images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will pass over the landing site, could pinpoint Athena’s precise location. It has been a busy week in spaceflight and on the moon.