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US Moon lander ‘permanently’ asleep after historic landing
25Mar By adminNo Comments
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US Moon lander ‘permanently’ asleep after historic landing

[ad_1] An uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the Moon has met its ultimate end after failing to "wake up," the company that built it said.Houston-based Intuitive Machines said late Saturday that the lander, named Odysseus, had not phoned home this week when its solar panels were projected to receive enough sunlight to turn on its radio. The lander touched down at a wonky angle on February 22, but was still able to complete several tests and send back photos before its mission was determined to have ended a week later, as it entered a weeks-long lunar night. Intuitive Machines had hoped that it might "wake up" once it received sunlight again, as Japan's SLIM spaceship -- which landed upside down in January -- did last month.The company said Saturday on X,...
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Lunar mission loss! In big setback to Intuitive, Odysseus lander falls over on the moon’s surface
25Feb By adminNo Comments
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Lunar mission loss! In big setback to Intuitive, Odysseus lander falls over on the moon’s surface

[ad_1] In a momentous leap for space exploration, the United States marked a significant milestone with the touchdown of the Odysseus lander on the moon's south polar region. However, the triumph was not without its share of unexpected twists. Odysseus, the first US-built spacecraft to land on the moon in over 50 years, encountered a huge setback upon landing, finding itself tipped over on its side, as revealed by US space agency NASA and Intuitive Machines via (the Gaurdian). Intuitive Machines CEO, Steve Altemus, disclosed that the spacecraft had "caught a foot" during descent, resulting in the unintended tilt.Despite the unforeseen deviation from the landing plan, Altemus reassured that Odysseus lander remains in close proximity to its intended landing site, with most scientific inst...
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NASA to unearth mysteries of Moon with the launch of Nova-C lunar lander; Know all about this Artemis mission
16Feb By adminNo Comments
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NASA to unearth mysteries of Moon with the launch of Nova-C lunar lander; Know all about this Artemis mission

[ad_1] NASA's Artemis mission has embarked on a journey to the Moon with the launch of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander, named Odysseus, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:05 a.m. EST. This initiative, part of NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) program and the broader Artemis campaign aims to deliver a suite of science instruments and technology demonstrations to our nearest celestial neighbor.Unveiling the Lunar EnvironmentAccording to the US Space Agency, the Nova-C lander is equipped with a range of payloads designed to study various aspects of the lunar surface environment and test technologies critical for future lunar exploration missions. These payloads will provide insights into plume-surface interactions, space w...
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Setback for NASA as Private US lunar lander facing failure after ‘critical loss’ of fuel
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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Setback for NASA as Private US lunar lander facing failure after ‘critical loss’ of fuel

[ad_1] In a big setback for US space agency NASA, a historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a "critical loss" of fuel, in a major blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades.Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket, which was making its first flight, Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off overnight from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then successfully separated from its launch vehicle. A few hours later, Astrobotic began reporting technical troubles, starting with an inability to orient Peregrine's top-mounted solar panel towards the Sun and keep its onboard battery topped up, due to a malfunction in its propulsion system. Th...
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Japan’s JAXA to launch its SLIM ‘Moon Sniper’ lander on August 26
22Aug By adminNo Comments
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Japan’s JAXA to launch its SLIM ‘Moon Sniper’ lander on August 26

[ad_1] We have entered the year of great space exploration as various countries are in competition to reach the moon's surface. It is surprising to see the number of missions that are being planned and executed in 2023. First, we saw the launch of India's third moon mission, Chardrayaan-3, which is ready to land there tomorrow, August 23. Then came Russia's moon mission, which was conducted after 45 years of delay, but sadly the spacecraft crashed. Now, Japan's Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing to launch its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), which is also called 'Moon Sniper', on August 26.There are more! Various other moon exploration missions have been planned for the upcoming months of this year. Let's first know what Japan's moon mission is all about. ...
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Russia’s Luna-25 Lander Fails to Enter Pre-Landing Orbit of Moon
20Aug By adminNo Comments
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Russia’s Luna-25 Lander Fails to Enter Pre-Landing Orbit of Moon

[ad_1] The Luna-25, the first Russian lunar lander in nearly 50 years, wasn't able to enter its scheduled pre-landing orbit of the moon.The robotic spacecraft was due to enter the orbit on Saturday, but due to an emergency situation the maneuver was unsuccessful, according to a statement from the Russian space corporation Roscosmos. The team is analyzing the situation, it said, without giving further details. Russia launched the craft last week, joining a race with NASA and other space agencies. It's scheduled to land on the moon's south pole on Aug. 21, Roscosmos said earlier. It's not immediately clear if the plan still stands. The lunar south pole is a highly coveted target among space-faring nations, including the US and China. India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is orbiting the moon a...
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Japan Spacecraft Believed to Have Crashed on Moon During Landing
27Apr By adminNo Comments
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Japan Spacecraft Believed to Have Crashed on Moon During Landing

[ad_1] Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said it lost contact with a lander bound for the moon and that the craft, which didn't have anyone on board, likely crashed, a big setback for the company's efforts in space transportation and Japan's push into the cosmos more broadly.Ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander was scheduled to touch down early Wednesday morning Japan time, in what would have been among the very first commercial space attempts to place a lander on the moon intact. But communication was lost shortly after engineers confirmed the lander was in a vertical position on the final approach. “It has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the moon's surface,” Ispace said in a statement. Ispace's shares nose dived in off-market trad...
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