The first U.S. moon landing attempt appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak.
If successful, it will be the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since the last crewed Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. The last time an American spacecraft touched down on the moon was in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. The target landing is s...
The Odysseus Lander, built by Intuitive Machines and supported by NASA, is the first privately owned spacecraft to land on the Moon.
In a televised statement following the successful landing, he said: "Today for the first time in more than half a century the US has returned to the moon. "For the first time in the history of humanity, an American company launched and led the voyage up there. "Toda...
In a televised statement following the successful landing, he said: "Today for the first time in more than half a century the US has returned to the moon. "For the first time in the history of humanity, an American company launched and led the voyage up there. ...
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As today’s tensions mount, it is salutary to recall that cooperation was on the table during the cold war, writes Roger D. Launius.
As today's tensions mount, it is salutary to recall that cooperation was on the table during the cold war, writes Roger D. Launius. As today's tensions mount, it is salutary to recall that cooperation was on the table during the cold war, writes Roger D. Launius. Astronaut Donald K....
China's Chang'e-5 probe has collected samples from the surface of the moon, in the first effort to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s. The mission has landed the country's third probe on the moon and forms part of an increasingly ambitious space program – ...
The Apollo 13 disaster grabbed TV ratings, because American astronauts’ lives hung in the balance. But by Apollo 14, less than two years after 600 million people watched the first moon landing, the prevailing attitude was, “The moon? Been there, done that.”...