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Want to watch as the US has another go on Thursday at the first private Moon landing? NASA and Intuitive Machines have teamed up with a live feed as the robotic lander Odysseus is scheduled to touch down near the lunar south pole at 5.30pm EST.Continue… Continue reading How to watch the US Moon landing live
Texas-based Intuitive Machines’ inaugural moon mission began early Thursday morning, heading toward what could be the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years. From a report: Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander launched from Florida on SpaceX’s Fal… Continue reading Moon Company Intuitive Machines Begins First Mission After SpaceX Launch
The US is taking another stab at landing a privately owned and operated spacecraft on the Moon. At 1:05 am EST today, the Odysseus lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 29A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Continue R… Continue reading US makes second attempt at commercial Moon landing
When the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander lifts off on February 14, it will be carrying a novel new fuel gauge developed by NASA that can measure cryogenic propellants in the thruster tanks by means of radio waves.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading NASA to use radio waves to gauge fuel levels on Nova- C lunar lander
When we first developed telescopes, we started using them on the ground. Humanity was yet to master powered flight, you see, to say nothing of going beyond into space. As …read more Continue reading They Want To Put A Telescope In A Crater On The Moon
“Japan’s first moon mission has likely come to an end after a surprising late-game comeback,” reports Mashable, “with the spacecraft taking one last photo of its surroundings before the deep-freeze of night… showing ominous shadows cast upon a slope … Continue reading Japan’s Moon Lander Snaps Final Photo, Goes Dormant Before 354-Hour Lunar Night
Japan’s SLIM Moon lander has gone back into sleep mode as the Sun sets on its landing site. The robotic spacecraft began to lose power as the lunar day came to its end and it now faces the freezing cold 14-day lunar night, which it may not survive.Cont… Continue reading Japan’s Moon lander goes into what may be its final sleep as Sun sets
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander is back online and transmitting data. JAXA has confirmed that the Sun has moved into a position where light is landing on the robotic spacecraft’s solar panel, allowing it to finally charge its battery.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Japan’s SLIM Moon lander back on line thanks to sunshine
“A photo of Japan’s robotic moon lander shows that though the spacecraft did make the quarter-million-mile journey to the lunar surface, it landed upside down…” reports Mashable.
Because of the lander’s now-apparent inverted position, its solar pan… Continue reading Photo Shows Japan’s Moon Lander Arrived Upside-Down
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