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“For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon’s surface,” reports Daily Galaxy.
While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Ae… Continue reading Firefly’s ‘Athena’ Lander Watched Friday’s Eclipse – from the Moon
“For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon’s surface,” reports Daily Galaxy.
While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Ae… Continue reading Firefly’s ‘Athena’ Lander Watched Friday’s Eclipse – from the Moon
From a Space.com article: Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon’s south pole. This orientation prevented the lande… Continue reading Dead Athena Moon Lander Seen Inside Its Crater Grave From Lunar Orbit
The Athena lunar lander from Intuitive Machines has prematurely ended its mission after tipping onto its side shortly after touching down near the moon’s south pole, failing to fully accomplish its planned water-searching objectives. From a report: Ath… Continue reading Athena Spacecraft Declared Dead After Toppling Over On Moon
As part of the payloads on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (BGM1) that recently touched down on the Moon, the Lunar GNNS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) has become the first …read more Continue reading GNSS Signals Tracked on the Moon By LuGRE
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander touched down near the lunar south pole Thursday but may have toppled during landing, jeopardizing its scientific mission. “We’re trying to evaluate exactly what happened in that last bit,” said Tim Crain, Intuitive Mac… Continue reading Intuitive Machines Lunar Lander Reaches Moon, Status Uncertain
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a stable lunar landing without crashing. The craft is carrying various NASA-funded experiments, including a “vacuum to suck up m… Continue reading Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a stable lunar landing without crashing. The craft is carrying various NASA-funded experiments, including a “vacuum to suck up m… Continue reading Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown
Watch the “Blue Ghost” lunar lander attempt its moon landing.
The actual landing is scheduled to happen at 3:34 a.m. Eastern time, according to CNN, while “The first images from the mission should be delivered about a half hour after…”
Success is … Continue reading Watch ‘Blue Ghost’ Attempt Its Landing on the Moon
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this observation from space/science news blogger Robert Zimmerman:
Having now reached lunar orbit in preparation for its landing on March 2, 2025, an engineering test instrument on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar l… Continue reading Firefly’s Moon-Orbiting ‘Blue Ghost’ Lunar Lander Tracked Earth-Orbiting GPS-Type Satellites