The lander is expected to run out of power within a few hours, but there is a possibility the company will be able to power it back on in a couple of weeks once the lunar night ends. This image retrieved from the lander on February 27 captures Odysseus’ landing strut during landing on...
The mission,launched last month, aims to set down an uncrewed lander near the lunar south pole — a never-before-landed-on region but one which a growing number of space agencies including NASA have plans to explore more in the coming years. The Indian mission has also grabbed public attent...
This dissertation uses photometric studies of high-resolution Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) images and Hapke photometric modeling to understand the behavior and composition of lunar soil at spacecraft landing sites and areas of non-mare volcanism on the Moon. This work...
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 and Chang'e-4 lander were awakened autonomously on June 15, and entered their 19th lunar day of activity on the far side of the moon. Since the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on th...
National Geographic, in coordination with NASA, shared a never-before-seen, high-resolution composite image of the lunar south pole with a detailed companion map of Artemis 3 candidate landing sites. This striking image of the moon's south pole region was composed from a series of photos taken...
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 and Chang'e-4 lander were awakened autonomously on June 15, and entered their 19th lunar day of activity on the far side of the moon. Since the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on th...
This image released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on June 4, 2024, which was taken with the landing camera on the lander of Chang'e-6 probe, shows a view of the lunar surface. The ascender of China's Chang'e-6 probe lifted off from lunar surface on Tuesday morning...
A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface. 一架美国宇宙飞船获得了阿波罗的月球着陆影象,显示月球表面留有飞船硬件和脚印。 module1lower stage (circled right) are connected by a footprint trail"...
2 of 6| This image provided by Intuitive Machines on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the south pole region of the Moon. The toppled lunar lander is still beaming back pictures of the moon, as its nears the final hours of its life. The photos were taken sh...
night. It goes into periodic hibernation mode to protect its systems, as it is hard to survive in the cold temperatures. The original aim of the mission was to achieve four lunar days and nights, so if the lander and rover are able to survive longer, this will be a bonus for the ...