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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander nails lunar mission
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
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 ...
SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS in mission to get NASA astronauts back to Earth
NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the ...
The Hill14d
A total lunar eclipse and blood moon will be visible in March: How and when to watch
(NEXSTAR) – A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse. The celestial ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin14d
Underground shuttle project to Ontario International Airport moves forward
The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority board voted unanimously Wednesday, March 5, to approve an environmental report for the 4.2-mile underground shuttle system. The project would ...
Austin American-Statesman14d
SXSW 2025: Artemis II astronauts talk about NASA's goal of returning to the moon
Hansen and pilot Victor Glover — on a 10-day flight test orbiting Earth and the moon. The crew will fly on NASA's Orion spacecraft, which launches using NASA's new heavy-lift rocket, the Space ...
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 ...
UPI15d
NASA rolls out Artemis II Orion spacecraft, twin rocket boosters for moon mission
The twin solid rocket booster assembly is 177 feet tall. While originally planned to launch in September of this year, the Artemis II moon flyby crewed mission is currently set to launch in April ...
E!15d
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Aircraft Explodes Midflight During Testing Launch
The rocket was seen spinning before SpaceX lost contact with it. "Prior to the end of the ascent burn, an energetic event in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor ...
New Scientist15d
The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over
Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we don't ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston15d
SpaceX's latest Starship mega rocket test flight ends with another explosion
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...