Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ lander reaches lunar orbit | CNN
Dec 26, 2023 · The SLIM spacecraft — nicknamed the Moon Sniper — is now in lunar orbit ahead of Japan’s planned attempt to land the vehicle on the moon’s surface in mid-January.
Space object that orbited near Earth may be a chunk of the moon …
Jan 27, 2025 · An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
New moon-landing race: The next leg is about to kick off — and it …
Jan 14, 2025 · Also sharing a ride with Athena will be NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, a satellite designed to orbit the moon and use remote sensing to detect water.
Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket, the company’s first …
Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit.
Odysseus becomes first US spacecraft to land on moon in over 50 …
Feb 23, 2024 · The spacecraft entered orbit around the moon, which is roughly 250,000 miles (about 400,000 kilometers) away from Earth, on Wednesday morning, according to the company.
SpaceX launches two moon missions on one rocket | CNN
Jan 14, 2025 · A SpaceX rocket launched a pair of lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and Ispace’s Hakuto-R — on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor.
A tiny spacecraft the size of a microwave could pave the way for a ...
Jun 24, 2022 · The miniscule satellite, called a CubeSat, is about the size of a microwave oven and weighs just 55 pounds (25 kilograms), but it will be the first to test out a unique, elliptical …
China’s astronauts are aiming to land on the moon by 2030. They …
Sep 30, 2024 · China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s …
Peregrine lunar lander to make fiery reentry after failed misison
Jan 15, 2024 · Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft — the first lunar lander to launch from the US in over 50 years — will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed mission.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module is headed back to Earth …
Dec 6, 2023 · The propulsion module that powered India’s spacecraft to a historic moon landing just transitioned back into Earth’s orbit, according to the country’s space agency.