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Thanks to a pair of tiny lunar rovers, the mystery of Japan’s crippled SLIM Moon lander has been solved. Images returned by the two robots show that the spacecraft bounced and is sitting on its nose, preventing its solar panels from charging.Continue R… Continue reading Mystery solved – Japan’s SLIM Moon probe landed on its nose
It’s 2024. NASA’s Artemis program is in full swing, and we’re hoping to get back to the surface of the Moon real soon. Astronauts haven’t walked on the beloved sky …read more Continue reading Could Moon Mining Spoil Its Untouched Grandeur And Science Value?
Japan has become the fifth nation to successfully land on the Moon, but the Champagne corks aren’t popping. At 10:20 am EST, the SLIM lander touched down, but the solar panels failed to engage, leaving the craft with only a few hours of battery power.C… Continue reading Japan lands on Moon, but lander may have only hours to live
America’s first attempt to land on the Moon in 52 years came to a fiery end today as the privately owned and operated Peregrine 1 spacecraft entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burned up at 3:59 pm EST somewhere over the South Pacific.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Peregrine One Moon mission comes to fiery end over the Pacific
Within a few hours of this post going live, Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft is expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere — a disappointing end to a mission that was …read more Continue reading Crippled Peregrine Lander to Make Fiery Return Home
The crippled Peregrine Moon Lander is heading back toward Earth, and is expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on January 18, 2024. This is the conclusion of the latest tracking data from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Peregrine Moon lander to return and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
It’s already been more than fifty years since a human last stepped foot on another celestial body, and now that NASA has officially pushed back key elements of their Artemis …read more Continue reading NASA Adjusts Course on Journey to the Moon
NASA’s next Moon landing may have been put back a year, but that hasn’t stopped Axiom from showing off the practical version of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Better known as a space suit, it will protect next-gen Moonwalkers.Continue … Continue reading Axiom’s next-gen Moon suit subjected to bend and squat tests
NASA announced today that its next two crewed Artemis missions to the Moon have been set back at least a year. The Artemis II lunar orbiter mission will now launch in September 2025 and the Artemis III lander mission is set for September 2026.Continue … Continue reading NASA delays next two Artemis missions by a year
America’s plan to send its first lander to the Moon since 1972 has ended prematurely after the private owner and operator of the robotic Peregrine spacecraft announced that a massive propellant leak has made a lunar landing impossible.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading US Peregrine lunar landing mission scrubbed due to propellant leak