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Update: March 2, 11:07 a.m. ET: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today. Original article follows: A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date ...
Surrounding the partial eclipse will be a penumbral eclipse that begins at 2:01 p.m. ET and causes the moon to dim slightly from the reflection of Earth’s outer shadow, otherwise known as the ...
The historic touchdown occurred at 8:33 am ET (1233 GMT or 6:03 p.m. India Standard Time), according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). "We have achieved soft landing on the moon!
Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET, the private Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced Friday. The lander captured what is known as the “diamond ring” effect, which is ...
Update: Thursday, March 6, 4:14 p.m. ET: “We don’t believe we’re in the correct attitude on the surface of the Moon yet again,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said during a press bri ...
Blue Ghost began its hourlong descent to the moon a little after 2 a.m. ET on Sunday. NASA broadcasted a livestream beginning at 2:20 a.m. ET on NASA TV.The spacecraft is carrying 10 NASA science ...
Update for 1 pm ET: Intuitive Machines landed its private Athena spacecraft near the south pole of the moon today, but the exact fate of the probe is unclear. The company confirmed that the Athena ...
Blue Ghost began its hourlong descent to the Moon shortly after 2 a.m. ET on Sunday, with NASA broadcasting a livestream. The lander carried 10 NASA science instruments, including one designed to ...
Blue Ghost landed at 3:34AM ET in a region known as Mare Crisium. While Firefly’s lander isn’t the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon, it is the first to land properly ...
We already knew that the aerospace company Firefly successfully maneuvered its Blue Ghost lander onto the surface of the Moon, but now we have some gorgeous video proof. The lander captured ...
touched down on the moon’s south polar region shortly after 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday. The Indian Space Research Organization’s successful touchdown comes just days after a Russian spacecraft ...