Private spacecraft arrives on the moon but most likely didn’t stick the landing
For the second time in less than a week, a privately built U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon, but it was not a perfect ...
Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its status is unknown
The last time Intuitive Machines landed a spacecraft on the moon, a year ago, the spacecraft ended up sideways.
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touches down on the moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander on course for descent to touchdown Sunday
The Blue Ghost lunar lander privately developed by Firefly Aerospace is carrying a suite of sophisticated instruments to the ...
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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on moon with special delivery for NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the ...
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Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...
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Nasa uses GPS on the Moon for the first time
Nasa hopes to use the technology for its upcoming Artemis missions, which will attempt to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Along with introducing GPS ...
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Second-ever privately funded space craft touches down on moon
Additionally, the craft features a mechanism to destroy lunar dust, which has long been an issue on the moon’s surface. The dust was a persistent problem for NASA’s Apollo astronauts ...
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Lunar sample research could help protect astronauts and uncover origins of water on the moon
On the moon, this could be a problem for astronauts, exploration vehicles, and equipment. "There is also a difference in the chemical signatures. Certain areas had more neodymium (a chemical ...
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NASA uses GPS on the moon for the first time
Accurate and reliable navigation will be vital for future astronauts as they travel across the moon, but traditional GPS tools aren’t much good when you’re around 225,000 miles from Earth.