Intuitive Machines’ private lander stumbled on its way down to the lunar surface and is possibly leaning over on a rock on the Moon. The vehicle is still operational and flight engineers are working to gather more data on its less than ideal position, the company said. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon … Read more
Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus spacecraft on the Moon on Thursday at 6:23 p.m. ET, becoming the first private company to pull off a soft landing on the lunar surface. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon The IM-1 mission delivered 12 payloads near the Malapert A crater in the Moon’s South Pole region … Read more
Odysseus snapped a selfie during its journey to the Moon.Photo: Intuitive Machines After an eight-day journey through space, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission is ready to attempt a potentially historic landing on the surface of the Moon. Odysseus will try for a lunar touchdown on Thursday at 5:49 p.m. ET near the Malapert A crater in the … Read more
This Valentine’s Day, there will be more than love in the air, with SpaceX scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Moon lander. Should Odysseus successfully touch down on the lunar surface eight days later, Intuitive Machines will achieve a first in commercial space travel—a a feat that would follow a series … Read more
Astrobotic’s 6-foot-tall shiny probe ran into early trouble on its way to the Moon, and is currently unable to point its solar panels towards the Sun for power. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon On Monday, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander lifted off at 2:18 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41. The commercial … Read more
Astrobotic’s Peregrine is gearing up for a chance to land on the Moon, hoping to become the first commercial lunar lander to touchdown on the dusty surface of the celestial body and pave the way for other private ventures to follow. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon The lunar lander will ride on … Read more
A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar. Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… … Read more
A new payload has been added to Firefly’s upcoming mission to the far side of the Moon, one that will explore the lunar subsurface to find out if it can support future infrastructure. The New M3-Powered iMacs Are Triggering Serious Deja Vu Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies is launching its SPIDER (Seismic Payload for Interplanetary Discovery, … Read more
An illustration of the Apex 1.0 lunar lander on the surface of the Moon.Illustration: ispace From its new headquarters in the U.S., Tokyo-based startup ispace will develop its Apex 1.0 lunar lander to transport NASA payloads to the Moon in 2026. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon During a media briefing held Thursday, … Read more
An artist’s illustration of Lunar Flashlight throughout a trajectory correction manuever.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech After NASA’s Moon-faring, water-hunting probe confronted an premature demise earlier than it was ever capable of attain its closing vacation spot, mission scientists have formally declared that clogged propellant strains led to the mission’s failure. Trump Went Via Twitter Withdrawal SpaceNews stories that … Read more