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NASA selected 12 finalist teams to compete in the next round of the Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) competition. In 2023, NASA invited undergraduate and graduate students from accredited colleges and universities in the United States to…

View of the moon’s surface taken from the SLIM lander’s tilted positionJAXA Most landers we send to the moon operate for a single lunar day – about two Earth weeks – before being overtaken and killed by the extreme…

An image showing the Odysseus lander on the moon's surface. A piece of a landing leg has broken off on the left of the image. The gear still protected Odysseus…

Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander officially lost power today after spending seven days on the moon. The lander made history for being the first American hardware to reach the lunar surface since 1972 and the first privately…

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows a broken landing leg on the Odysseus lander. The lander touched down near the moon's south pole on Feb. 22, 2024, but…

On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, completed a seven-day journey to lunar orbit and softly landed near crater Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon at 6:24 p.m. EST. On Feb. 24, NASA’s Lunar…

Tokyo —  Japan's moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Monday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down last month at a wonky…

Intuitive Machines‘ spacecraft touched down yesterday on the lunar surface . . . sideways. CEO Steve Altemus confirmed during a press conference Friday that, while it wasn’t a perfect landing, it’s nothing short of a miracle the…

A SpaceX rocket carrying 125 miniature moon sculptures by Jeff Koons launched at 1:05 a.m. on February 15. Paul Hennessy / Anadolu via Getty…

The Odysseus spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the moon on 14 FebruarySpaceX The US company Intuitive Machines will soon attempt to become the first private firm to land a spacecraft on the moon. Three previous…

The Odysseus spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the moon on 14 FebruarySpaceX The US company Intuitive Machines will soon attempt to become the first private firm to land a spacecraft on the moon. Three previous…

Editor’s note, Feb. 6, 2024: This article has been updated to clarify that the Radio Frequency Mass Gauge estimates how much propellant is available in a tank. It does not make an exact measurement. It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks…

Say cheese, Moon. We’re coming in for a close-up. As Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander descends toward the Moon, four tiny NASA cameras will be trained on the lunar surface, collecting imagery of how the surface changes from interactions…

The SLIM lunar landerJAXA Japan’s moon lander is back in contact with Earth, nine days after it entered a power-saving hibernation mode when it landed incorrectly and lost the ability to generate energy. The…

TOKYO —  After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if it survives the two-week lunar night, the space agency said Thursday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)…

TOKYO —  After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if it survives the two-week lunar night, the space agency said Thursday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)…

The SLIM lunar lander JAXA Japan’s moon lander is back in contact with Earth, nine days after it entered a power-saving hibernation mode when it landed incorrectly and lost the ability to generate power. The Smart Lander for…

The SLIM lunar landerJAXA Japan’s moon lander is back in contact with Earth, nine days after it entered a power-saving hibernation mode when it landed incorrectly and lost the ability to generate power. The…

SLIM’s January 20 touchdown made Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a “soft landing” on the Moon after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.…

SLIM’s January 20 touchdown made Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a “soft landing” on the Moon after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.…

SLIM's January 20 touchdown made Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a "soft landing" on the Moon after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.…

A picture from Peregrine showing a disturbance of the insulation in the foregroundAstrobotic Things are looking grim for Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft. It launched towards the moon aboard the Vulcan rocket on 8…

NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will kick off 2024 by sending five payloads to the Moon aboard Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One. The inaugural launch under the agency’s CLPS…

NASA will kick off 2024 by sending five payloads to the Moon aboard Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One. The inaugural launch under the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative will blast…

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is being prepared to launch from Cape Canaveral in FloridaUPI / Alamy Stock Photo Provider: Alamy Live The flurry of missions to the moon in 2024 is starting big with the first…