Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander reaches the moon, but its status is unclear
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
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Intuitive Machines' lander gets up-close look of moon ahead of landing: See photos
The six-legged spacecraft, which got off the ground last Wednesday from Florida, has since been circling the moon once about every two hours ahead of a planned landing attempt Thursday ...
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Firefly shares video of Blue Ghost’s nail-biting descent to the lunar surface
The video, taken as Blue Ghost descended just north of the moon’s equator within an ancient volcanic basin called Mare Crisium, shows the vehicle steadily making its way down before landing ...
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost captures its first stunning sunrise on the Moon after historic lunar landing
After the successful landing, Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, said, "Firefly is literally and figuratively over the Moon." NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro said: "This incredible ...
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Firefly’s ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander sends stunning picture of sunrise from Moon
Private spacecraft lands on the moon Unlike Nasa’s Apollo moon landings, which had billions of dollars of funding behind them, private companies operate on a limited budget, Firefly chief Jason ...
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US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft
Firefly becomes the second private firm to score a moon landing, though it declared itself the first company to make a "fully successful" soft landing. Houston-based Intuitive Machines' Odysseus ...
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Elon Musk shares rare clip of SpaceX Starship’s water landing ahead of critical Flight 8 test
Musk stressed on the importance for SpaceX to perfect the spacecraft's reentry under extreme temperatures before attempting a tower-arm catch. In a major breakthrough for SpaceX, CEO Elon Musk ...
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Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
FILE - A flock of birds fly in front of the full moon over the city centre in Tallinn, Estonia, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on ...