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Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander has beamed home its first photos from the final frontier, gorgeous selfies that show its home planet in the background.

Space

SpaceX and NASA say Crew-8 astronauts won't launch to ISS until March 1 after private moonshot

SpaceX and NASA postponed the launch of their joint Crew-8 mission to the ISS to no earlier than March 1 due to the recent IM-1 private moon lander launch.

Space

Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander is doing well on its own in deep space after its early-morning launch atop a SpaceX rocket on Thursday (Feb. 15).

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China wants to send plants, microbes and lunar resource experiments to the moon in 2028

China's Chang'e 8 moon mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than 2028, will carry a small ecosystem and other payloads to test using lunar resources.

Space

Private Spaceship Bound For The Moon, In Test For US Industry

A private US spaceship was bound for the Moon on Thursday, where it will attempt to land near the south pole and carry out experiments that pave the way for the return of American astronauts later this decade.

International Business Times

Odysseus Moon launch explained - Tech & Science Daily Podcast

All the stories from Thursday’s episode of the Tech & Science Daily podcast.

Evening Standard

Race for Moon's Hidden Water Reignites Lunar Exploration Missions Worldwide

Discover how the race for space is heating up once again as countries seek to explore the Moon's southern hemisphere and uncover hidden water sources.

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Private U.S. moon lander launched 52 years after last Apollo lunar mission

Intuitive Machines' moon lander, Odysseus, launched from Florida on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in over 50 years.

The Hindu

SpaceX launches private Odysseus lander as US shoots for moon

NASA, the main sponsor with experiments on board, hopes to jumpstart lunar economy ahead of astronaut missions.

Al Jazeera

Space X successfully launches lunar lander in latest private mission to the moon

Mission if successful would be first-ever private lunar landing

Evening Standard

Private US Spaceship Takes Off For The Moon

A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second such private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure.

International Business Times

SpaceX launches private 'Odysseus' lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines (video)

SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday morning (Feb. 15), kicking off the probe's quest to pull off an epic moon landing.

Space

Private US Spaceship Poised To Launch For The Moon

An American spaceship attempting a lunar landing will aim to launch early Thursday, the second private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure.

International Business Times

NASA's Moon Landing Mission Delayed Due to Rocket Launch Issue

NASA's launch of its spacecraft Odysseus, aimed at exploring the moon's South Pole for signs of water ice, has been delayed due to suboptimal temperatures....

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The next moon landing could be filmed with this out-of-this-world selfie camera

As a rule, lunar landers have had cameras attached or inside, making external landing shots tricky. ERAU has a fixed that!

International Business Times

US Prestige At Stake As Texas Company Launches For The Moon

Another month, another Moonshot: An American spaceship attempting a lunar landing is to launch early Wednesday, the second private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure.

International Business Times

Apollo To Artemis: Why America Is Betting Big On Private Space

A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America's first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago.

Space

How NASA's moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions

SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines' robotic lander toward the moon on Feb. 14. Here's how the mission will help NASA prep for crewed moon missions later in the decade.

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Intuitive Machines moon lander to carry tiny NASA cameras to study lunar surface (video)

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander is set to launch next week carrying a special set of 'eyes' to track how the spacecraft's engine plume interacts with the lunar surface.

The Hindu

Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

Dreams of space travel started small with the launch of Sputnik-1 by the Soviet Union, and escalated with the U.S. Apollo landing on the moon in 1969. Six decades later, plans are ramping up for space tourism, missions to the moon and Mars, and mining on the moon.

Salon

New Moon research illuminates its past

The Moon's craters tell a violent history. The Chinese lunar mission Chang'e has revealed new lunar minerals

Space

Here's what it's like taking a VR spacewalk with the Canadian Space Agency

Moon robotics will move around astronauts and equipment to get ready for lunar landings. But first, comes the simulation of Canadarm3 to make sure everything will fit.

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Humans on Moon and Mars may develop unique accents, says expert

Discover how living in isolated colonies on the Moon or Mars could lead to the development of new accents, as explained by an expert in speech processing.

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Humans on Mars could conduct far better science than any machine

NASA's moon-to-Mars strategy identifies science as one of three pillars upon which the agency's quest for a sustained human presence throughout the solar system is built.

The Hindu

Moon cargo like human ashes, drink containers spark legal debate

Unconventional plans to exploit the moon, including using it for human ashes and sports-drink containers, raise concerns about oversight and legal questions.

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