Their Lunar Module vehicle, the N1 ... at that time especially in the Soviet space activity was the vacillation back and forth of 'Should we do it now, or should we wait and do another unmanned ...

Soviet lunar probes had been launched in 1958 ... March 3-13: The American Apollo 9 mission tests the Lunar Module for the first time, in Earth orbit. May 18-26: Apollo 10 utilizes both the ...

After it was rejected for the Soviet lunar program, the VA was repurposed to become part of the TKS spacecraft. The Functional Cargo Block under this design served as a service and storage module.

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.