On Tuesday ispace, a Japanese company, will attempt to land a small spacecraft in Atlas, a crater in the north-eastern part of the Moon’s Earth-facing hemisphere. All previous lunar landings were carried out by governments, so the attempt marks a new way of achieving them. ispace’s ...
The US government just authorized a private company to land on the moonMeghan Bartels
A look at the historic mission to get private lunar lander on the moon Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made the first fully successful landing on the moon by a private firm. Mark Strassmann looks at the mission behind the historic feat....
Confirmation of touchdown came from the company’s mission control outside Austin, Texas, following the action some 225,000 miles away. “You all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” Firefly’s Will Coogan, chief engineer for the lander, said. ...
A graphic representation of the Odysseus lander's maneuvers on the way to a landing near the moon's south pole. Intuitive Machines "These aren't NASA missions, they're commercial missions," said Susan Lederer, CLPS project scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "These commercial ...
Astrobotic could be the first commercial firm to successfully deliver research equipment to the lunar surface, if it sticks the landing.
Intuitive Machines will attempt the first-ever private moon landing in January 2024. It's not the only U.S. company aiming for the lunar surface soon.
1 A private lander has touched down on the moonUS startup Firefly is the second private company to land on lunar soil. (The Guardian)+ The mission is part of NASA’s plans to lower costs via private enterprises. (NYT $)+ Nokia is putting the first cellular networ...
2.根据第一段尤其是第一句US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon.结合全文内容可知,本文是一篇新闻报道,报道了美国的SpaceX公司宣布他们将于2018年安排两个市民去月球,这两个市民已经支付了费用,文章详细描述了他们的计划。据此可以判断,...
Its landing region sizzles at over 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius) during the day, so radiators built into the spacecraft are expected to protect it from getting too hot. However, the moon lander cannot survive a frigid night on the moon because there are no heaters on board ...