[ad_1] Another month, another attempt at the moon. A robotic lunar lander was launched into space early Thursday morning. If all goes well, in nine days it will become the first American spacecraft to softly touch down on the lunar surface since the Apollo 17 moon landing in 1972. It would also become the first … Read more
[ad_1] Update for February 14: SpaceX now aims to launch the IM-1 lunar lander mission for Intuitive Machines no earlier than Thursday, February 15, due to a liquid methane temperature issue during preparations to fuel the Odysseus lander. You can read our story and see updated mission times below. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will … Read more
[ad_1] A successful Odysseus landing would not only pave the way for future commercial lunar missions but would also strengthen NASA’s Artem… Read more A successful Odysseus landing would not only pave the way for future commercial lunar missions, but would also strengthen NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon and … Read more
[ad_1] A lunar lander launching next week will have a special pair of four eyes to track how the spacecraft’s engine plume interacts with the lunar surface. IM-1 Nova-C by Intuitive Machines moon The lander is currently ready to launch on a SpaceX. Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Valentine’s … Read more
[ad_1] TOKYO, January 28Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission reached the small portion of the lunar surface it was targeting, in a successful demonstration of its precise landing system, although the probe appears to be upside down.Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the Moon when the Intelligent Moon … Read more
[ad_1] Washington, January 27 (IANS): NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has detected the Japanese Intelligent Moon Research Lander (SLIM) that landed on the lunar surface last week. Japan is the fifth country to complete a soft landing on the lunar surface, after Russia, the United States, China and India. SLIM of the … Read more