Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »
NASA will conduct science experiments on the Moon in 2024 for the first time since 1972. Thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, these projects will open new areas of scientific possibilities. As part of several projects launched this year, teams of scientists, including myself, will conduct radio astronomy from the south pole and the… Read More »
NEW ORLEANS – It was just two days ago when Peregrine, the first private lander contracted under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, was brilliantly launched into space by the first private flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Just hours into the journey, Peregrine began to fail. Astrobotic, the company behind the spacecraft, continues… Read More »
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket on Monday, December 8, paving the way for a new era in private space exploration. Peregrine was originally scheduled to reach the moon on February 23 and become the first private company to perform a soft landing on… Read More »
The upcoming launch of the lunar lander – Peregrine Mission One – is exciting for many reasons. As a custom-built spacecraft, it represents an initiative developed by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Peregrine person who landed on the moon It is manufactured by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company, and carries a variety of NASA… Read More »