COLORADO SPRINGS — Astrobotic’s next lunar mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth’s closest neighbor. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the Griffin lunar lander’s first mission atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin’s primary mission is to deliver NASA’s ice-chasing VIPER rover to the Moon’s south polar region,… Read More »
Despite the failure of the United States’ first commercial lunar lander to launch in space, Astrobotic Technology continues to push forward with its next lunar mission and is still on schedule to launch before the end of the year. The hardware build of the Astrobotic Griffin Mission One lander is currently on display at the… Read More »
Japan’s moon landing error caused its robot to land upside down (left), while Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL’s error caused its lander to crash (right).JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University; NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University; Business Content Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed Odysseus moon landing nearly failed due to a single safety switch. Other moon landing attempts have crashed or burned due… Read More »
It has been four days since the first private moon landing took place; This event was shrouded in various emotions. We’ll get into this in a moment. First, a few hours ago, we received brand new images of this feat, as well as a sad but inevitable update on the fate of the lander. For… Read More »
by Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Flight control engineers expected to lose contact with the private U.S. lunar lander Odysseus on Tuesday morning and abort the mission five days after a sideways landing, Intuitive Machines, the company behind the spacecraft, said on Monday. It is not yet known how much scientific data may be… Read More »
Private company Intuitive Machines may soon make history when its commercial lunar lander Odysseus attempts to land near the moon’s south pole on Thursday, February 22. If successful, the Intuitive Machines lander would be the first private probe to make a soft landing on the moon and the first U.S. landing on the lunar surface… Read More »
A technology used to protect the first astronauts to land on the moon is now returning to the lunar surface, and you may already have some of this technology hanging in your cloakroom. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander “Odysseus” (“Odie” for short) will attempt to become the first U.S.-built commercial spacecraft to land on the… Read More »
SpaceX will launch a custom-built lunar lander to the moon for the company Intuitive Machines on February 14, and if you want to know where and when it will lift off, we’ve got you covered. The IM-1 mission will launch Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C spacecraft to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida… Read More »
SpaceX has prepared a Falcon 9 rocket for launch early Wednesday to send a commercially built robotic lander to the Moon, the first targeted landing near the Moon’s south pole, where NASA’s Artemis astronauts plan to walk within a few years. The flight came just five weeks after another US company’s failed attempt to land… Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a new private lunar lander to the moon for Intuitive Machines and NASA this week, and you can watch it live online in a series of free webcasts. Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C lander mission, called IM-1, will launch to the moon aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on February… Read More »