After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander leaves Earth orbit to head for the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
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Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
The two robotic lunar ... from the lander's instruments. The landing by Intuitive Machines marked the first successful soft landing on the Moon by a US spacecraft since the last Apollo mission ...
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Houston’s Intuitive Machines readies a second lander for a mission to the moon
The company’s second lunar lander, Athena, will carry a small rover and other payloads when its launched, which is tentatively scheduled for late February. Last February, the uncrewed Odysseus ...
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We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission
One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7 ... its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo missions came to an end in 1972. The previous landing ...
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SwRI is sending its first instrument to the lunar surface to survey the Moon’s interior
Most of the Apollo missions landed in the region of ... The LMS instrument — manifested on the Blue Ghost lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace and targeted to launch on January 15 ...
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Firefly Aerospace's, NASA successfully launch Blue Ghost lunar lander to moon
A Cedar Park-based aerospace company designed the lunar lander that successfully launched ... which was last documented by astronaut Eugene Cernan on the Apollo 17 mission to the moon.
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Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
That was fitting considering onboard this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were two lunar landers − ispace's lightweight lander known as ... was a challenge during the Apollo moon missions.
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FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
its first lunar program since the Apollo missions came to an end in 1972. To pave the way for humanity's lunar return, uncrewed lander's have embarked on moon missions to study Earth's nearest ...