US moon landing: Second NASA-backed company aims for lunar …
Feb 12, 2024 · The Odysseus spacecraft will be the second US-made lunar lander to launch amid a new space race. It follows a failed NASA-sponsored mission last month.
Peregrine lunar lander to make fiery reentry after failed misison
Jan 15, 2024 · Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft — the first lunar lander to launch from the US in over 50 years — will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed mission.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module is headed back to Earth
Dec 6, 2023 · The propulsion module that powered India’s spacecraft to a historic moon landing just transitioned back into Earth’s orbit, according to the country’s space agency.
Odysseus moon landing: Historic mission reaches lunar surface
Feb 22, 2024 · Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander successfully touched down, and mission control confirmed the Odysseus, or IM-1, spacecraft is upright, according to a company post.
Cartier’s solid gold Lunar Module replica up for auction | CNN
Nov 14, 2017 · A rare gold model of the Lunar Module “Eagle” used by the Apollo 11 astronauts to land on the moon is expected to reach over $150,000 at auction this week.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander burns up over Pacific Ocean
Jan 19, 2024 · The failed Peregrine lunar lander — the first US spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in five decades — met a fiery end over the Pacific Ocean.
The Apollo 11 moon landing, in photos | CNN - CNN International
Jul 20, 2024 · Aldrin, the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, is pictured before the moon landing. NASA Apollo 11 photographed this view of Earth as it approached on its return from the moon.
Small moonquakes caused by Apollo lunar lander module, study …
Sep 14, 2023 · The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed.
First confirmed moon cave could provide future astronauts shelter …
Jul 20, 2024 · This week, explore a lunar cave that could shelter astronauts, meet pups having nips and tucks, marvel at a nearly pristine fossil of an ancient shark, and more.
Analysis of Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveals first detailed …
Nov 15, 2024 · Geologist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2), at Station 5 at ...