Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA.
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is ...
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...
Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity
The second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship, proved an old adage: ...
Petrone was Amsterdam’s rocket man - Focus on History
Amsterdam city historian Robert von Hasseln has compiled biographical data on Rocco Petrone, Amsterdam’s link to the moon landings that took place over 50 years ago.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
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How Apollo Astronauts Got to the Moon and Back
How Did the Spacecraft Get to the Moon? Astronauts got to the moon by traveling on a giant rocket (Saturn V) that launched ...
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Tom Hanks at 'Moonwalkers' film premiere predicts getting busy on moon
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ... for Charlie [Duke] walking on the moon was a fraction of what the audience was for [Apollo 11]. Not for me — for me, any time ...
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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family ... For this trip, which began with last Wednesday’s launch of the rocket toting the Athena lander, the data storage ...
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Another private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, but may have fallen over
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, ...