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  2. 2024 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus launched on 15 February 2024 towards the Moon via Falcon 9 on a direct intercept trajectory and later landed in the south polar region of the Moon on 22 February 2024 and became the first successful private lander and the first to do so using cryogenic propellants. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs ...

  3. We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s ...

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    The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ride on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a 1:11 a.m. EST launch from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

  4. Streaming and texting on the Moon: Nokia and NASA are ... - AOL

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    April 24, 2024 at 4:27 AM. ... The lander will install the system at the Moon’s south pole and then it will be remotely controlled from Earth. ... but NASA wants a lunar communications system ...

  5. Uncrewed lunar missions and 1st private space station ... - AOL

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    The lunar landing attempt comes after the Houston space company's 14-foot-tall Nova-C the lander, nicknamed Odysseus for the hero of Greek myth, made it to the moon in February 2024 marking ...

  6. Commercial Lunar Payload Services - Wikipedia

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    The contract, worth $75.9 million, was for Masten's XL-1 lunar lander to deliver payloads from NASA and other customers to the south pole of the Moon in late 2022. [21] On June 11, 2020, NASA awarded Astrobotic Technology its second CLPS contract. The mission would be the first flight of Astrobotic's larger Griffin lander. [22] Griffin weighs ...

  7. VIPER (rover) - Wikipedia

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    VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) is a lunar rover which was developed at the NASA Ames Research Center.Before the project was cancelled in 2024 the rover would have been tasked with prospecting for lunar resources in permanently shadowed areas of lunar south pole region, especially by mapping the distribution and concentration of water ice.

  8. Private US spacecraft is on its side on the moon, company says

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    A private U.S. lunar lander tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday. Intuitive Machines, the company ...

  9. List of lunar probes - Wikipedia

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    19 January 2024 rover success Lunar rover, reflight of the SORA-Q rover launched with the failed Hakuto-R Mission 1. Imaged SLIM lander on lunar surface. [25] Peregrine: Astrobotic Technology: 8 January 2024 (launch) lander failure Lunar lander selected for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services carrying a total of 25 payloads. Landing ...