Lunar Lander Starts Drilling Into the Moon, Sparks Flying
While Intuitive Machines' Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down a few days earlier, is leaping into action.
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon
NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.
Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)
Blue Ghost successfully landed on the moon on Sunday (March 2), touching down in Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") — a large impact basin about 345 miles (555 kilometers) wide. The spacecraft sits near a volcanic cone called Mons Latreille within the basin, which is located in the northeast region of the moon's near side.
Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down on moon for NASA delivery
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander aced a touchdown on the moon Sunday to deliver experiments and supplies for NASA.
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth’s celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the mission.
Watch sparks fly as Blue Ghost lander drills into the moon (video)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has beamed back video of its ongoing lunar science operations, including drilling into the surface of the moon.
NASA Spacecraft Snaps Blue Ghost Lander On Moon’s Surface
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped a view of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander down on the surface of the moon. It looks like a speck on the lunar landscape.
See the Blue Ghost spacecraft drilling into the moon’s surface
The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect information about temperature.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
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Athena Lunar Lander Declared Dead on the Moon
For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated by Intuitive Machines has fallen over on the ...
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander reached the moon, but its status is unclear
The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.
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Moon lander from Intuitive Machines touches down, but apparently tips over
A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander ...
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon’s south pole
A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas fear it may have ...
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Lunar data center intact despite lunar lander's botched landing, St. Pete company says
St. Petersburg-based space startup Lonestar Data Holdings says its lunar data center is the only surviving payload after a ...
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This Week’s Total Lunar Eclipse Has a Groundbreaking Twist. We Get to Watch From the Moon Itself
This week’s lunar eclipse will be the first witnessed in high-def from the moon itself — technically a solar eclipse on the moon — thanks to a lunar lander. “I cannot wait for this to happen,” said ...
Two moon missions touched down on the lunar surface. How they unfolded was a stark contrast
This week, follow the journeys of two lunar landers, meet “woolly mice,” see the oldest known bone tools, and more.