US achieves first Moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT) Reuters A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the Moon’s south pole on Thursday, the first US touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever achieved by the private sector. NASA, with several research instruments aboard the vehicle, hailed the […]
Russia pinpoints cause of Moon shot failure, looks to bring next missions forward
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russia on Tuesday blamed a malfunction in an on-board control unit for causing its lunar lander to crash into the Moon in August, and said it was looking at speeding up the timetable for two further missions. Russia’s first moon mission for 47 years ended in failure on 19th August with the crash […]
India blasts Chandrayaan-3 lander toward Moon’s south pole
Bengalaru, India Reuters India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that sent a spacecraft into orbit and toward a planned landing next month on the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance India’s position as a major space power. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s LVM3 launch rocket blasted off from the country’s […]