CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...
It might sound like an elaborate publicity stunt for Elon Musk's SpaceX. But stargazers in the UK and the US will be able to see a giant X on the moon this week. A rare event known as the Lunar X ...
The spacecraft, which attempted a historic landing in rugged terrain near the south pole of the moon on Thursday (March 6), had toppled on its side inside a frigid crater. A photo taken by the ...
Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon's south pole.
Scientists think there might be ice trapped at the moon’s poles, particularly in permanently shadowed regions, or PSRs. These are craters near the poles that, because of the moon’s tilt ...
Intuitive Machines, an American space company, launched its lunar lander Athena to the moon in late February, but the craft had a rough touchdown, landing in a crater and flipping over on its side.
With two commercial moon landers already on their way ... and hops along the surface and down into a permanently shadowed (crater). "All those deployments and surface operations are new, and ...
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...
The diminutive vehicle is designed to hop into and out of permanently shadowed regions, providing detailed surface imagery and data on the moon's many craters. One of Grace's hops is expected to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news ...