Astrobotic secures new lunar payload after NASA nixed rover last year
Astrolab has a contract with SpaceX to transport a larger rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration rover, in December of ...
Astrobotic finds new private Moon rover to deliver after NASA pulls plug on VIPER mission
Private Moon company Astrobotic’s mission has new life after finding a match made in heaven with its new customer, Astrolab, following NASA’s decision to pull the plug on the agency’s VIPER Moon rover ...
On this date: Noted Saturn observer, moon discoverer dies
On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, ...
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From Gaza to the Moon: 25 endangered sites named in new global watch list
The World Monuments Watch has published its biennial list of endangered sites, highlighting not only places on Earth but, for the first time, one beyond it: the Moon. Since its inception in 1996 ...
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20 Hilarious The Far Side Comics Featuring Aliens
The comic strip The Far Side has sometimes featured takes on alien life forms to hilarious effect, and these are some of the ...
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From Gaza to the Moon: 25 endangered sites named in new global watch list
This warning comes as SpaceX launched two private robotic landers to the Moon on 15 January, the same day the WMWa released its report. NASA’s Artemis programme also aims to return humans to the ...
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander leaves Earth orbit to head for the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
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Athena, Next U.S. Commercial Moon Lander, Is Set for Spectacular Lunar Science
In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...
NASA's mini rover team is packed for lunar journey
Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
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Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
In 2021, Firefly was awarded a mission contract by NASA, which included the Blue Ghost lander carrying 10 payloads to the moon. Firefly was selected based on the payload capacity. “What NASA is ...