After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost Moon Lander
NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency could. Last year, that was…
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has…
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Intuitive Machines Athena Moon Lander Dies After Toppling Over
A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston is dead. In an update on its website on Friday, the company confirmed…
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon
Intuitive Machines landed a robot on the moon last year. Can the Houston company do it again, but keep the spacecraft upright this time? The company’s second lander, named Athena,…
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India’s moon lander makes history as first to reach coveted south pole
India’s robotic spacecraft landed on the moon unscathed Wednesday, a historic achievement for the country’s growing space program. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which means “moon craft” in Hindi, is the first…
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