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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
An anonymous reader shares a report: Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down on the moon, will launch a second lunar mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The plan is to deploy … Continue reading Nokia is Putting the First Cellular Network On the Moon
“A robotic lander from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is now in orbit around the Moon,” reports Spaceflight Now, “and going through its final preparations to land in the coming weeks.”
Its arrival comes nearly a month after the spacecraft launched onbo… Continue reading After Launch by SpaceX in January, Firefly Aerospace’s Lunar Lander Reaches Moon Orbit
A new study reveals that two Grand Canyon-sized valleys were formed in less than 10 minutes by “floods of rocks traveling as fast as bullets,” reports Space.com. From the report: Scientists analyzed the lunar canyons, named Vallis Schrodinger and Valli… Continue reading Grand Canyon-Sized Valleys On the Moon Formed Within 10 Minutes
A new study reveals that two Grand Canyon-sized valleys were formed in less than 10 minutes by “floods of rocks traveling as fast as bullets,” reports Space.com. From the report: Scientists analyzed the lunar canyons, named Vallis Schrodinger and Valli… Continue reading Grand Canyon-Sized Valleys On the Moon Formed Within 10 Minutes