A drill for ice, a 4G network test, three rovers, and a hopping drone: a US company is hours away from its second lunar landing attempt on Thursday, aiming to advance technologies for future human missions.
A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific instruments including a hopping robot and the first lunar mobile communications antenna.
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a moon landing it accomplished in 2024, said its spacecraft did not crash, but mission controllers are working to understand its condition. Kenneth Chang The landing time for a 15-foot-tall robotic ...
A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the south pole.
There is a robotic moon landing happening Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander successfully touched down there just five days ago.
The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.