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We love clocks, but we especially love unusual timepieces that aren’t just about showing the hour of the day. [Simone Giertz] built a flip clock moon phase tracker for a …read more Continue reading Moon Phase Flip Clock is Fantastic
“Future moon astronauts may find water more accessible than previously thought,” writes Space.com, citing a new NASA-led experiment:
Because the moon lacks a magnetic field like Earth’s, the barren lunar surface is constantly bombarded by energetic pa… Continue reading Can Solar Wind Make Water on the Moon? A NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German public news outlet Tagesschau reports (source: YouTube) on an ESA video game that helps train a future moon lander’s guidance AI to spot craters. Games have already helped collect visual data on millions… Continue reading ESA Video Game Trains AI To Recognize Craters On the Moon
Firefly Aerospace has teamed up with Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics unit to deploy a rover on its 2028 lunar mission to study the Gruithuisen Domes — rare volcanic formations that may reveal insights into the moon’s geology and potential resources. T… Continue reading Firefly Aerospace Selects Blue Origin Unit To Explore Volcanic Formations On 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
“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