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Meet Bille, the name given to the world's first monostable tetrahedron—a four-faced object that will always land on the same ...
The powerful device will scan the sky like never before, capturing vast amounts of data to reveal how the universe changes ...
A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions ...
In a livestreamed event, ispace showed telemetry detailing the probe’s speed and altitude on its landing run towards the Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold). 102 seconds before scheduled touchdown, however, ...
A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard ...
The shadow of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is seen on the moon’s surface after touching down March 2. As lunar night fell this week, it concluded its historic mission.
Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to reach the moon’s surface—“Athena”—has powered off after landing sideways on the lunar south pole.
Intuitive Machines delivered its Odysseus lander to the moon in 2024, but not everything went right. The lander made it to ...
The second lunar lander by Intuitive Machines has made its way to the Moon, but not without incident. The Athena vehicle may not be upright, which is what happened to the company’s Odysseus ...
UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying IM-2 successfully lifted off at 7:16 P.M. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Early next month, a robotic lander will arrive at the Moon ...
The mission ended on Feb. 29, 2024. Related: Odysseus lander makes history by reaching moon, as Intuitive Machines' stock rockets 35% ...