Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s …
1 day ago · A busy few months at the Moon. This is the first lunar lander built by Firefly, which got its start in the rocket business. Firefly launches its own small-class rocket named Alpha and has ...
Firefly Lunar Lander On Its Way To the Moon – Artemis - NASA …
2 days ago · Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully powered on as it continues its way to the Moon, carrying NASA science demonstrations as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.Blue Ghost is expected to land on the lunar surface on Sunday, March 2 and, throughout its mission, NASA ’s scientific instruments aim to test and ...
Liftoff! Firefly Lunar Lander Begins Journey to the Moon
2 days ago · At 1:11 a.m. EST SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard are a suite of NASA scientific instruments to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS ( Commercial Lunar Payload Services ) initiative and Artemis campaign.
New moon-landing race: The next leg is about to kick off - CNN
3 days ago · A rendering shows Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander, which aims to deliver 10 science payloads to a basin called Mare Crisium, on the far eastern edge of the moon’s near side.
2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout …
2 days ago · Once lowered onto the lunar surface, ispace’s 11-pound (5-kilogram) rover will stay near the lander, traveling up to hundreds of yards (meters) in circles at a speed of less than one inch (a couple centimeters) per second. The rover has its own special delivery to drop off on the lunar dust: a toy-size red house designed by a Swedish artist.
SpaceX Will Launch Two New Moon Landers on One Rocket: What …
2 days ago · This is Ispace’s second attempt to place a commercial lander on the surface of the moon. Its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander tried to set down near the Atlas crater on the near side of the moon.
Lunar lander - Wikipedia
A lunar lander or Moon lander is a spacecraft designed to land on the surface of the Moon. As of 2024, the Apollo Lunar Module is the only lunar lander to have ever been used in human spaceflight, completing six lunar landings from 1969 to …
Odysseus lunar lander shares new photos from its harrowing …
Feb 26, 2024 · The Odysseus spacecraft has dispatched new images it captured of the lunar surface during the lander’s harrowing approach to the moon.
NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Head to Moon
Feb 15, 2024 · Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C-class lunar lander, named Odysseus, is scheduled to land on the Moon’s South Pole region near the lunar feature known as Malapert A on Thursday, Feb. 22. This relatively flat and safe region is within the otherwise heavily cratered southern highlands on the side of the Moon visible from Earth.
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon | Space
2 days ago · The launch of Blue Ghost and Reslience kicks off a busy year of moon missions. Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, which completed a successful lunar landing with its first Nova-C lander ...