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A robotic lunar lander launched by a private U.S. company was initially scheduled to reach the moon at 5:30 p.m. ET but was delayed. U.S. lands unmanned Odysseus spacecraft on moon [Video] Skip to ...
One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...
A commercial lunar lander will soon be heading to the moon with a fleet of scientific instruments on board for a $93.3 million NASA mission to study the moon's environment before humans return.
NASA paid $118 million for the delivery under a program meant to jump-start the lunar economy. One of the NASA experiments was pressed into service when the lander's navigation system failed in ...
IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines (IM) in February 2024 using a Nova-C lunar lander. After contact with the lunar surface on February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle. All instrument payloads remained functional and the mission was deemed a success. [6]
The Odysseus lunar lander made a successful touchdown near the south pole of the moon Thursday evening, marking the first uncrewed U.S. commercial moon landing and the U.S.' first return to the ...
Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander will carry NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads as a part of Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Mare Crisium. [2] Landing is expected on 2 March 2025. [3] The Hakuto-R Mission 2 will carry the RESILIENCE lunar lander and the TENACIOUS micro rover. [4]
IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried in late February 2025 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. [3] [4] The company named this lander Athena. [5] The mission aims to uncover the presence and amount of lunar water ice using PRIME-1, which consists of a