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Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)
This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...
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Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)
Related: Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole Athena's mission, known as IM-2, was supported by NASA's Commercial Lunar ...
Ill-Fated Moon Lander Unexpectedly Woke Up and Sent One Last Message
The lander ended up on its side in a shallow crater in the Moon’s Mons Mouton region, 820 feet (250 meters) from its targeted ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
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 ...
European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...
History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander marks the first fully successful commercial moon mission, achieving all objectives and ...
How to See the Blood Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
When sunlight hits Earth’s atmosphere during a lunar eclipse, light frequencies toward the blue end of the visible spectrum ...
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue ...
Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity
The second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship, proved an old adage: ...