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Two US companies will send spacecraft to the Moon a few weeks apart

A pair of companies plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year as part of a NASA-funded effort; This could mark the first US soft landing on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions. 1972. But in a sign of how the commercial space… Read More »

Two US companies will send spacecraft to the Moon a few weeks apart

A pair of companies plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year as part of a NASA-funded effort; This could mark the first US soft landing on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions. 1972. But in a sign of how the commercial space… Read More »

Peregrine Lunar Lander will be launched on December 24. Here’s what it will bring to the moon.

This year, in the early hours of Christmas Eve, before the gift wrapping begins and the scent of gingerbread brightens the air, a spacecraft will launch to the moon. Peregrine Lunar Lander takes its name from the world’s fastest flying bird. Soil. If all goes as planned, the robot bird will get closer space and… Read More »