moon lander

Photograph of the landing site from the moon lander Odysseus. PR photo, from the Intuitive Machines website

The moon lander Odysseus will stop operating the day after tomorrow (Tuesday 5/3/2024) when darkness falls on its landing area on the side

Odysseus landed on its side instead of landing at a vertical angle, which disrupted communication with Earth. Some of the antennas were blocked by the inverted spacecraft, and those that remained exposed were too close to the ground, which
The moon lander Peregrine, as it was supposed to look immediately after landing on the moon. PR photo: ASTROBOTIC

The Peregrine lunar lander will no longer reach its destination due to a malfunction

Yesterday, after it separated from the upper stage of the Vulcan launcher, it became clear that there is a fuel leak from the spacecraft's engines that change its balance and do not allow it to generate electricity from solar energy. The Astrobotics company says that they will try
The location of the cameras on the HAKUTO-R lander. PR photo, ISPACE

Live: Update. The Japanese spacecraft crashed on the moon

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Infographic: The orbit of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 to the moon. Image: ISRO

Chandrayaan 2 began orbiting the moon

Blue Moon Lunar Lander. Illustration: Blue Origin Company

Jeff Bezos announced the first commercial lunar lander