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16 years before 'Mickey 17''s mission to the stars, 2009's 'Moon' was already sending in the clones
Jones handed Rockwell a script for "Moon" nine months later and it's easy to see why the actor signed up. He would go on to ...
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
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"We're on the Moon!" Firefly Aerospace sticks landing in historic first for private space missions
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first private company to achieve a soft lunar landing – also the first US ...
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Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
The Apollo 17 mission landed on the Moon on December 11, in 1972. From that point on, literally for decades, NASA and the United States did not go back to the surface of our nearest planetary body.
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Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Lands on the Moon
After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more ...
Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has ...
Athena lander 'on her side' on moon's surface, ending mission in similar fashion to first launch
"The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon's south pole region, marking the United States' first ...
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Private US company aces lunar landing on first mission
dulling the achievement of being the first US Moon touchdown since the crewed Apollo 17 mission of 1972. "We're on the Moon!" exclaimed Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science ...