NASA’s Lunar Retroreflector Network could make landing on the moon a lot easier
by In the future, precision landing on the rocky, rocky face and crater of the moon will not be so difficult. At least that’s the goal …
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NASA wants to go back to the moon, but is it worth it?
What is happening In the four-year period between 1969 and 1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon. No one, from any nation, repeated that …
Failure of private Falcon moon lander won’t stop NASA’s ambitious commercial lunar program
NEW ORLEANS – It was just two days ago that Peregrine, the private launch lander contracted under NASA’s Commercial Payload Services program, rocketed toward space …
The age of the private lunar mission has begun
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket on Monday (December 8), setting the stage for …
First commercial moon landing is unacceptable after spacecraft suffers ‘critical loss’ of fuel
Astrobotic Technology, the company behind the lunar lander that wanted to be the first US to return to the moon, officially admitted that it would …
Private Falcon moon lander faces anomaly after historic Vulcan rocket launch, Astrobotic says
Update 1 pm ET: Astrobotic Yes released the fourth update on the anomaly that the Falcon moon landing is suffering and it seems that the …
What science could he do?
On Monday (January 8), America’s first lunar spacecraft, Astrobotic’s Lander, successfully launched from Florida on the first ever mission of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan …
DHL delivering Everest rock, ‘meme’ base to moon on Astrobotic Lander
A rock from the top of Mount Everest, a tiny time capsule from Belgium, a physical “meme” coin, a collection of posts from Reddit and …
The first US lunar landing mission in decades launches with NASA science, people are still on board
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The first US lunar landing mission in decades launches with NASA science, people are still on board
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. A new rocket is aloft, …