Moon in a moment our species will be proud of forever. Now Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has just landed an unmanned craft on ...
An upright and stable landing makes Firefly — a startup founded a decade ago — the first private outfit to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over. Even countries have ...
A four-legged robot from Texas landed squarely on the Moon on 2 March, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to execute a ...
AstroForge was also hoping to become the first company to launch a commercial mission to deep space with its in-house spacecraft, a dream that fell apart shortly after launch. After Odin ...
Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago.
However, NASA learned the spacecraft had experienced multiple helium leaks and propulsion system issues so it returned empty in New Mexico last September. Following months of planning, ...