New Scientist2d
NASA has made the first radio telescope observations on the moon
The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much of its equipment ...
FLYING Magazine2d
SpaceX Stands Behind Its Ambitious Lunar Timeline
Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...
Scientist bluntly blasts Musk’s hope to go to Mars in the coming years: It’s not going to happen
If Mars becomes a human colony is anyone’s guess. Musk said 2016 that it would take 40 to 100 years to have a self-sustaining civilization on the planet. While Mars is quite barren, dusty, and chilly, ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...
Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity
The second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship, proved an old adage: ...
The Hill14d
Missed shots at the moon are still scores for commercial space companies
The next phase of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services moon exploration program began on Jan. 15, with the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost. It continued with the launch of the Intuitive Machines ...
The Motley Fool14d
Everything You Need to Know About Rocket Lab Today
Rocket Lab reported earnings last week, but that's not all the news it shared. It's also planning a floating landing pad, and it has invented a flatter satellite. It also doubled one launch ...
Boise State Public Radio15d
Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways
Some argue that without this approach, space innovation could ... The Space Launch System (SLS), a massive rocket that successfully launched the uncrewed Artemis I mission around the Moon in 2022 and ...
Politico15d
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two more moon landing ...
Business Insider15d
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
It's a larger, fully reusable version of the rocket that flew humans to the moon, he added, "and it's just really audacious." Why Starship is critical for building on the moon Though the moon isn ...
News 1315d
NASA shows off Artemis II moon rocket
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday, NASA unveiled the massive Artemis II rocket that will be used to return humans to the moon in an orbital mission that will last 10 days as the program manager ...
CNET15d
SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes While EU's Ariane 6 Project Completes Mission
On Thursday, two high-profile rocket launches ended up with very different ... Read more: Intuitive Machines Lander Lands Wonky on Moon, Mission Ends The French government said there were ...