Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than ...
Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear
The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.
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Moon Rover Is Stuck Inside Toppled Athena Lunar Lander
The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover aboard the toppled Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander survived the landing that took out its parent spacecraft and even managed to transmit ...
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1st American robotic lunar rover set to land on the moon today
You can watch the Athena moon landing live on Space.com. If all goes well with landing, MAPP — also known as Lunar Outpost's Lunar Voyage 1 — will be the first American robotic rover on the ...
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What’s next for Lunar Outpost’s rover mission after moon lander got stuck on its side
A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic ... crashed inside a crater 250 meters from its intended landing site. Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it ...
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'We're on the moon!' Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA
Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface ...
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Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out
Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.
Tipped again: Commercial lander on the moon but not upright
Intuitive Machines got its Athena lunar lander on the moon’s south pole Thursday on a mission with NASA payloads, but tipped over similar to its Odysseus lander in 2024.
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova-C Odysseus lander built by Intuitive Machines. It landed, toppled over, ...
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Intuitive Machines' second moon lander touches down but could be on its side – again
The rover should deploy soon after landing and send back images ... will help test the first cellular network on the moon. Nokia's Bell Labs's Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) is a ...
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1st American robotic lunar rover set to land on the moon today
You can watch the Athena moon landing live on Space.com. MAPP is Lunar Outpost's first moon rover. | Credit: Lunar Outpost If all goes well with landing, MAPP — also known as Lunar Outpost's ...
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What’s next for Lunar Outpost’s rover mission after moon lander got stuck on its side?
A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic ... crashed inside a crater 250 meters from its intended landing site. Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it ...