This is Beirut, 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. Brick samples will blast off aboard a cargo rocket heading for China's Tiangong space station, part of Beijing's mission to put humans on the Moon by ...
This Is Beirut, 26/02 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A lunar lander from the United States, which toppled over during its touchdown, has transmitted its initial images from the southernmost point ever reached by any craft on the Moon. An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The ...
This Is Beirut, 23/02 11:59 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nova-C successfully landed on the Moon on Friday, February 23. This latest lunar landing does not only mark the American comeback to the Moon, but also the first to be carried out by a private company. For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way ...