Lunar Lander Feared to Have Tipped While Reaching the Moon – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — The U.S.-built lander that landed on the moon likely landed on its side, officials said. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based manufacturer of the spacecraft, said in a news conference late Friday that the spacecraft was still transmitting data and could be recharged. The company also said the lander still […]
SpaceX rocket launches carrying Intuitive Machines’ moon lander
A SpaceX rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander launched Thursday. (Credit: Reuters/NASA) A SpaceX rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander lifts off from Florida Thursday morning in the latest attempt to land an American spacecraft on the moon since the last manned Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. It was done. The Houston-based […]
Kamikaze! Failed Japanese Moon Lander Hits Lunar Soil Nose First
Images released Thursday showed Japan's lunar lander with its nose upright, its engines pointing into the pitch-black sky after landing on the moon. According to the BBC, the first photos of the destroyed spacecraft show it rotated 90 degrees from its original resting state. I will report it. This awkward, upside-down finish may help explain […]
Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander crashes into Pacific Ocean
FOX News correspondent Jonathan Selley reported that Astrobotic Technology's engineers are working to fix an “anomaly” that affected the lunar module's failure. Astrobotic said it had lost contact with the lunar module Peregrine over the open ocean of the South Pacific after predicting it would “burn up” during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The announcement marks […]