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As a superpower Space Race II speeds up, the U.S. needs to launch a national emergency campaign to beat China in landing astronauts on the Moon, a top scholar says.
STORY: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday, sending two commercial moon landers into space. It's an unusual "double moonshot" launch that highlights the global rush to explore the lunar surface. One lander is the Resilience, made ...
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'We have lost a lot of time.' Former NASA chief says US needs to start over with moon landing plans or risk losing to China
Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin pulled no punches about where he sees America's current Artemis moon landing program in Congressional testimony today. Griffin testified alongside other witnesses at a hearing held in Washington D.
The claim, which didn't cite when or where NASA supposedly admitted this, came from a frequent purveyor of misinformation.
SpaceX and NASA are now targeting mid-January for the launch of the private moon lander "Blue Ghost." Livestream information has not yet been made available, but we will be tracking how to watch as NASA and SpaceX announce more details. Tagging along for ...
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Intuitive Machines' Athena Lander Set for Moon Launch, with a Crater-Hopping Drone in Tow
Just over a year ago, Intuitive Machines made history when it became the first commercial company to land a spacecraft on the Moon, with its IM-1 mission. The arrival of the Odysseus lander on the lunar surface also marked the first U.S. soft landing since ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the name of a space company and include a rocket’s launch date. We regret the error. In the early morning hours ...
Hakuto-r captures a rare “terrestrial sunrise” during a total eclipse just before crashing into the Moon, revealing the shadow on Earth.