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US firm targets Moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone
Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)
After becoming the first private firm to land on the Moon last year, Intuitive Machines is aiming for its second lunar touchdown on Thursday, carrying cutting-e...
NASA Continuing Efforts to Restore Contact with Lunar Trailblazer
Mar 05, 2025 (SPX)
Preliminary telemetry data prior to the loss of contact, combined with ground-based radar observations from March 2, suggest that Lunar Trailblazer is in a low-...
NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon
Mar 05, 2025 (SPX)
The LuGRE payload's success in lunar orbit and on the surface indicates that signals from the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) can be received and trac...
Lunar Research Facility Lands on Moon for Regolith Study
Mar 04, 2025 (SPX)
"Sunday morning marked a defining moment in both our company's journey and the future of commercial space exploration as our industry celebrates this successful...
Rocket Lab Space Software Aids in Successful Lunar Landing for Firefly's Blue Ghost 1 Mission
Mar 04, 2025 (SPX)
The Blue Ghost 1 lander's performance was bolstered by Rocket Lab's advanced software, which provides critical functions such as commanding, telemetry processin...
Japan startup targets June 6 Moon landing
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
ispace's unmanned Resilience lander was launched in January on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket together with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost -- which aced its lunar l...
Private US company aces lunar landing on first mission
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the Moo...
Private US spaceship hours from Moon landing attempt
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting landing no sooner than 3:34 am US Eastern time (0834 GMT) on Sunday, aiming for a site near Mons Latreille...
Firefly lands first private US spaceship on the Moon
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down shortly after 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium...
UAE sends AI-equipped drones to spot Ramadan moon
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
The "world-first" innovation puts a new twist on a centuries-old tradition where people scan the skies for the first glimpse of the newly visible moon. "The use...
Chang'e 6 Samples Confirm Global Magma Ocean on Early Moon
Feb 28, 2025 (SPX)
The study, conducted by a collaborative team under the China National Space Administration (CNSA), has been published in the latest issue of the journal Science...
Private US company blasts off for second Moon landing attempt
Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)
Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private entity to put a robot on the Moon, though the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its s...
MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon
Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)
In the coming days, weather permitting, MIT engineers and scientists will send three payloads into space, on a course set for the moon's south polar region. Sci...
NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Artemis Missions
Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)
Astronauts aboard Artemis IV will be the first to reside in Gateway, advancing human presence beyond Earth and supporting NASA's long-term goals of lunar and Ma...
Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
Now, the Houston-based firm is gearing up for a second attempt, determined to achieve a perfect touchdown. Intuitive Machines' hexagonal-shaped lander, Athena, ...
Blue Ghost Mission Nears Moon Touchdown and GNSS Milestone
Feb 24, 2025 (SPX)
Live coverage of the landing will be jointly presented by NASA and Firefly on NASA+ beginning at 2:30 a.m. EST, roughly 75 minutes before touchdown. The event w...
How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Will Chart a Unique Path to the Moon
Feb 16, 2025 (SPX)
About 48 minutes after launch, Lunar Trailblazer will detach from the rocket and embark on its solo journey to the Moon. This compact satellite will map the Moo...
NASA Advances Lunar Exploration with Polar Ice Mining Experiment
Feb 16, 2025 (SPX)
The mission consists of two key instruments working in tandem: the Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrains (TRIDENT) and the Mass Spectrometer Observi...
Lunar Space Station Module Prepares for US Transport Ahead of Artemis IV
Feb 16, 2025 (SPX)
When Artemis IV astronauts travel to the Moon, they will be the first to visit Gateway, a space station orbiting the Moon designed to support human exploration ...
NASA's Mini Rovers Ready for Lunar Expedition
Feb 12, 2025 (SPX)
Equipped with cameras and ground-penetrating radar, the CADRE rovers will analyze both the lunar surface and subsurface. They will also test novel software that...
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