The lander was near the intended target site, but a sweep by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in the coming ... the successor to Apollo. NASA officials said before the landing that they ...

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University / Firefly Aerospace | ...

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

The lander's optical navigation system used photos collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) at an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers). This LRO imagery "could not accurately ...

Problems with laser altimeters along with lighting and terrain challenges caused Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to ...

NASA’s learned a lot about the Moon since Apollo. But a perfect landing still requires incredible planning and scientific ...

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the moon has once again become a ...

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SwRI has provided ultraviolet spectrographs for other spacecraft, including ESA's Rosetta comet orbiter, as well as NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission in ...

open image in gallery These views of the Moon’s near side, left, and far side were taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Data from spacecraft is helping scientists better understand ...