US startup’s Moonshot apparently lands on its side – again
Updated: 10:30am (AEDT) Washington DC, US Reuters The second Moon landing by Intuitive Machines appears to have suffered the same fate as its first try last year, with data indicating the Athena lander ended on its side on the lunar surface after problems with its laser rangefinders, the US company said on Thursday. The six-legged […]
Intuitive Machines embarks on second moon landing mission with Athena lander
Denver, US Reuters Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander was launched on Wednesday atop a SpaceX rocket, setting off for the latest private US moonshot one year after the company’s first attempt ended early with a lopsided landing. The six-legged lander, named Athena and roughly as tall as a giraffe, will spend about a week heading […]
China set to launch high-stakes mission to Moon’s ‘hidden’ side
Beijing, China Reuters China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the Moon’s far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a base on the lunar south pole. Since the first Chang’e mission in 2007, […]
Essay: US Moon landing marks new active phase of lunar science, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
JACK BURNS, professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, looks at how the latest Moon landing – the first by the US since the Apollo missions – is being used to advance scientific study…
Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar surface but “alive and well”
Reuters The Moon lander dubbed Odysseus is “alive and well” but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the US since 1972, the company behind the vehicle said on Friday. Houston-based Intuitive Machines also revealed that human […]
US achieves first Moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT) Reuters A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the Moon’s south pole on Thursday, the first US touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever achieved by the private sector. NASA, with several research instruments aboard the vehicle, hailed the […]
Private US Moon lander launched half century after last Apollo lunar mission
Cape Canaveral, Florida Reuters A Moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first US lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned spacecraft. The company’s Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, lifted off shortly after […]