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Here’s why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon

We now know why the private Athena lander toppled over on the moon earlier this year. Athena, the second lunar…

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Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project caught this image of Kosmos 482 during one of its last orbits…

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Japan’s Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of historic touchdown try

A private Japanese lunar lander is now in orbit around the moon. The Resilience spacecraft, which was built by the…

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Soviet space lander set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend : NPR

The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound for Venus in 1972…

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‘We learned so much that we didn’t know’: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander mission was full of surprises

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Lessons learned and on-the-spot surprises from the first fully successful commercial lunar lander mission bolsters the…

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SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027

Intuitive Machines may have crashed its latest moon lander on the lunar surface, but that’s not keeping the company down…

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Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission

Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon…

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Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander made the most of its last few hours of life on the moon. The…

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Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission

The historic mission of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is over. The solar-powered Blue Ghost went dark on Sunday…

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Wow! Private lunar lander watches ‘diamond ring’ eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander continues to beam home incredible imagery from the surface of the moon. Blue Ghost…

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