Three companies won Nasa contracts to design and develop vehicles that astronauts may one day drive across the lunar surface, including Intuitive Machines Inc., which recently became the first company to land a privately operated spacecraft intact on the moon.The awards are worth up to $4.6 billion combined over a potential 15-year period, Nasa said … Read more
NEW DELHI: The first US spacecraft to land on the Moon since 1972, Odysseus, entered a dormant state as the lunar night began. While the mission marked the first private company‘s moon landing, Intuitive Machines SEO shared with reporters the intention to “wake it up” in around three weeks when sunlight returns.Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus outlasted … Read more
Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was “still kicking” on Thursday but nearing shutdown, as scientists watched out for the final signals from its multimillion-dollar mission to collect data. The spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface a week ago, and its operators had hoped it could … Read more
A robotic lunar lander developed by Houston-based Intuitive Machines became the first private spacecraft to land on the moon Thursday. The Odysseus lunar lander’s victory was the first U.S. landing on the moon in over 50 years, and faced some difficulties in its trip to the lunar surface, with Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus calling … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — A private U.S. lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but contact with the craft was weak, company officials said. There were no immediate updates on the lander’s condition from the company, Intuitive Machines. Tension mounted in the company’s command center in Houston, as controllers awaited a signal from the … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a day before it will attempt an even greater feat — landing on the gray, dusty surface. A smooth touchdown would put the U.S. back in business on the moon for the first time since NASA … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL: A robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was set for launch early on Wednesday on a Nasa mission to conduct the first US lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned vehicle. The company’s Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, was due for liftoff … Read more
