As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.
China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...
Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...
A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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.
As they say, picture didn't happen. 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 areas closest to the moon’s south pole are pockmarked with impact craters, making it difficult to find a patch of flat, even terrain that’s safe for landing. “IM-2 has to be a lot more ...
This means such lunar areas would present fewer technical challenges for accessing local resources compared to the more extreme conditions at the moon's crater-riddled poles, the researchers say.
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