This is Beirut, 21/02 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back or cancel NASA's Artemis missions following the departure of a key official and Boeing's plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on its lunar rocket. Late Wednesday, NASA abruptly ...
Vanessa Kallas, 15/01 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Florida SpaceX Moon Space Elon Musk
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and iSpace’s Hakuto-R lunar landers, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.
This is Beirut, 08/01 10:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Moon Lunar Landing Firefly Aerospace
US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs. If successful, it would mark only the second time an American robot has touched down on the lunar surface since the end of the Apollo era. "Buckle up! Our ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 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, 2024-02-26 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
lunar lander Moon Nasa Odysseus science
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, 2024-02-23 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 ...