Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission.Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost ...
Japan's ispace set to attempt lunar landing in June
March 4 (UPI) -- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced Tuesday it will aim to place a lander on the moon on ...
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Moon lander from Intuitive Machines touches down, but apparently tips over
A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston ... In the meantime, a Japanese lander known as Resilience was launched in January atop the same Falcon 9 rocket that boosted ...
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Japan startup targets June 6 Moon landing
Ispace hopes to have its own moment of glory, after the unsalvageable 'hard landing' of its initial attempt in 2023.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear
The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is ...
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Astronaut Onishi blasts off on mission as 3rd Japanese to lead ISS
Takuya Onishi and three fellow crew members embarked Friday on a mission to the International Space Station aboard ...
Japanese firms aim for one giant leap in space development
Major general contractors in Japan are getting behind space development as they eye the Artemis lunar exploration project, ...
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Intuitive Machines is hoping for a moon-landing streak this week
Everything on the moon is "six times tippier," said Phil Metzger, a planetary scientist at the University of Florida, then in a post on X. The Japanese moon lander SLIM, short for Smart Lander for ...