The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
It was the second moon landing this week by a Texas company under NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program. Sunday’s touchdown was a complete success. Intuitive Machines' newest Athena lander ...
A week on, and a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia has just released first-of-its-kind footage of a lunar lander’s powerful engine plumes interacting with the moon’s surface, captured ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...
"Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface confirmed that Athena was on her side. After landing, mission controllers ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...
As it headed to the lunar surface, laser instruments that measured the lander’s altitude were providing noisy data, which may have contributed to the botched landing. Until that final descent ...