The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private ...
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
from the lunar south pole. Then, three days later, the probe snapped another pic, which provided a closer look at Athena on ...
The lander is inside a crater at the center ... about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the lunar south pole. Then, three days later, the probe snapped another pic, which provided a closer look ...
LISTER, mounted below Blue Ghost’s lower deck, measures the flow of heat from the moon's interior with a sophisticated pneumatic drill, developed by Texas Tech and Honeybee Robotics. The tool, ...
The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon ... During an eclipse, the temperature inside the spacecraft can drop to 23 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 5 degrees Celsius), but for the ...
When the moon falls into Earth's shadow Thursday night into Friday (March 13-14), observers will be treated to views of a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse ... the temperature inside the spacecraft ...
The next phase of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services ... including inside a permanently shadowed crater that may contain water ice. The Athena probe comes equipped with several instruments ...
After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic ...
WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after ... its intended landing site at Mons Mouton and was inside a crater. The low sun angles there making landings ...