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Another moon landing on tap today, this time at south pole

Another moon landing on tap today, this time at the south pole

A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the south pole.

Space.com · 14h

The private Athena moon lander will touch down near the moon's south pole today: Watch it live

Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all ages Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.

The Economic Times on MSN · 2h

Athena lunar lander set for historic landing near moon’s south pole

The robotic lander Athena, developed by intuitive Machines, is set to touch down on the moon near its south pole. If successful, it will be the second U.S. commercial spacecraft to land on the lunar surface within a week.

moon, Blue Ghost and Firefly Aerospace

CBS News on MSN · 3d

Firefly Aerospace sticks moon landing with flawless Blue Ghost touchdown

The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.

Orlando Sentinel · 1d

Watch: Firefly Aerospace’s historic landing of Blue Ghost on the moon

Firefly Aerospace released video of the Blue Ghost lunar lander as it made its final descent and touched down on the surface of the moon.

Ars Technica · 3d

Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen engineers in Firefly's mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away.

1hon MSN

Intuitive Machines attempts second private-sector moon landing in four days

The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on ...

Observer2d

How Firefly Aerospace Emerges from Bankruptcy and Completes Historic Moon Landing

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024.

USA TODAY on MSN40m

Intuitive Machines' Athena is 2nd lander to reach moon in week, but condition unclear

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition was unclear as mission controllers rushed to ...

CBS News3d

Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial landing on the moon

Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander dropped out of lunar orbit and swooped to a rocket-powered touchdown early Sunday, pulling off the first fully successful moon landing by a ...

4don MSN

Firefly Aerospace sticks its moon landing Sunday morning

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost landed on the moon at 2:34 a.m. It’s expected to operate for two weeks, conducting NASA ...

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