Indi a has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. It's the first time that any country has safely landed at the moon's south pole. The landing is a huge success for India, which has been working on the project for years.The Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July14. In early Augus...
) spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side—the first in history. The spacecraft, which launched on December 8th, touched down late Wednesday night. “Congratulations to China’s Chang’e-4 team for what appears to be a successful landing on the far side of the Moon,” NASA ...
A Texan company has achieved the second commercial landing on the moon – and the first that didn’t topple over on touchdown. The success comes amid a flurry of private and state lunar exploration. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost landerlaunched on 15 ...
“Landing on the south pole would actually allow India to explore if there is water ice on the moon. And this is very important for cumulative data and science on the geology of the moon,” said Carla Filotico, a partner and managing director at consultancy SpaceTec Partners. Antici...
It’s a thrilling week for the moon: not only did this weekend see the , but there’s another lunar landing happening imminently too. Intuitive Machines will attempt to touch down its Nova-C lander tomorrow, March 6, and NASA will be livestreaming the ev
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.The unmanned Chang'e-4 probe(探测器)- the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess - (1) touched(touch)down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin.Landing on the moon's far side is...
During its journey to the Moon, the spacecraft will receive maneuver and landing commands from the command and control room in Israel. The spacecraft ill then perform the commands autonomously with a control system developed by SpacelL. The control system uses dedicated sensors, avionics systems ...
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Chang'e-4 probe (探测器) — the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess — (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon's far side is (...
“To be a company like Intuitive Machines in the forefront of landing on the moon and think of our competitor is China? That’s crazy,” he added. In the last decade, China has sent three vehicles to the surface of the moon. The United States has not landed a robotic rover on the ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. However, space officials said they needed more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating...