Fuel leak forces US company to abandon moon landing attempt
A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon.
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Jan 9, 2024
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News tagged with lunar lander
First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers.
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Jan 8, 2024
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US launch of new Vulcan Centaur rocket delayed until January
The maiden liftoff of a new American rocket called Vulcan Centaur has been delayed from Christmas Eve to January 8, United Launch Alliance, the company developing it, said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2023
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SpaceX 'Starship' launch postponed until Saturday
SpaceX has pushed back by one day the long awaited second launch of its next-generation Starship rocket because of technical issues, the company's CEO Elon Musk said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2023
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Rocket exhaust on the moon: NASA supercomputers reveal surface effects
Through Artemis, NASA plans to explore more of the moon than ever before with human and robotic missions on the lunar surface. Because future landers will be larger and equipped with more powerful engines than the Apollo ...
Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2023
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Blue Origin's new crane at Port Canaveral: Another piece to future launch puzzle
Blue Origin has staked out its space at Port Canaveral, right next to SpaceX, with a tower crane for eventual rocket booster recovery operations. Now the company just needs to launch one to put it to work.
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2023
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What exposure to radiation does to glass on the moon over billions of years
A team of materials scientists at Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, working with colleagues from the China Academy of Space Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, all in China, has found that billions of years ...
New US rocket Vulcan Centaur set to launch on December 24
A new US rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s Vulcan Centaur, is to make its maiden flight on Christmas Eve with a payload that includes a private lunar lander.
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2023
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SpaceX test fires a Raptor engine, simulating a lunar landing
When NASA astronauts return to the surface of the moon in the Artemis III mission, the plan is to use a modified SpaceX Starship as their lunar lander. NASA announced last week that SpaceX has now demonstrated an important ...
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Sep 18, 2023
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Japan launches rocket carrying lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of universe
Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2023
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