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63 h. ago Private Moon lander dies on lunar surface after second failed landing

A private lander that was sent to the Moon has failed its mission, officials have said.

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65 h. ago Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

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2 d. ago Intuitive Machines Athena: Private lunar lander may have toppled over on the Moon

A private spacecraft has touched down on the Moon – but it may be on its side

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3 d. ago First private US robotic lunar rover lands successfully on the moon

Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform by Lunar Outpost landed near the moon’s south pole after eight daysA small but rugged robotic moon rover developed by a Colorado company became the first commercial exploration vehicle to touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday.Mission managers were unable to immediately confirm that the landing of the spacecraft it was traveling in had been fully successful. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Athena spacecraft lands on moon 100 miles from south pole after tense descent

Flight controllers struggle to confirm status of Intuitive Machines’ probe in firm’s second lunar landing in just over a yearThe Athena robotic spacecraft has touched down on the lunar surface in the second moon landing for the US space company Intuitive Machines in little more than a year.The nearly 5 metre tall probe set down shortly after 5.30pm UK time on Thursday after a tense descent to Mons Mouton, a high and relatively flat mountain about 100 miles from the moon’s south pole. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its condition is unknown

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole

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3 d. ago Watch live: Intuitive Machines’ Athena attempts moon landing in historic search for water

Watch live as a private US company attempts to land a spacecraft on the Moon in a historic search for water and ice on Thursday, 6 March.

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4 d. ago Firefly’s Blue Ghost captures its first stunning sunrise on the Moon after historic lunar landing

Blue Ghost has captured sunrise from the Moon as Firefly and NASA celebrate a successful lunar landing

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6 d. ago Firefly’s ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander sends stunning picture of sunrise from Moon

Lander has started operating many of its Nasa payloads

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7 d. ago Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing

US firm Firefly Aerospace celebrates achievement of second-ever commercial lunar landingA US company has successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone – and the first to do so upright.Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 8.34am GMT near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the moon’s north-eastern near side. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1’s successful moon landing

US firm Firefly Aerospace celebrates second-ever commercial lunar landingA US company has successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone – and the first to do so upright.Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 8.34am GMT near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the moon’s north-eastern near side. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’: The first image from the moon after privately

A private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, delivering a drill and other experiments for NASA

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9 d. ago Blue Ghost spacecraft shares stunning images of the far side of the Moon ahead of historic landing

Firefly Aerospace has released video showing stunning images of the moon captured by its Blue Ghost lunar lander, currently orbiting the Moon.

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1 week ago Private company rockets toward the moon in the latest rush of lunar landing attempts

A private company is launching another lunar lander toward the moon

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