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Europe’s first lunar lander to deliver cargo, scientific instruments to moon
Thales has secured a nearly $900 million contract from the ESA to develop the Lunar Descent Element (LDE) for the Argonaut ...
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Europe Names the Builder of Its First-Ever Moon Lander
The European Space Agency (ESA) has named Italian aerospace company Thales Alenia Space as the lead in the Argonaut lander ...
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Japan's Resilience moon lander spots Point Nemo, Earth's remote spacecraft graveyard, from orbit (photo)
While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...
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Blue Origin spins up lunar gravity for New Shepard flight
Blue Origin has sent its reusable New Shepard rocket on another suborbital lob, this time simulating lunar gravity for ...
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Kremlin fires Russia's space chief Yuri Borisov after lunar lander failure
He was replaced by deputy transport minister Dmitry Bakanov, who before joining the government had been in charge of a ...
Thales Alenia Space strikes deal with the Emirates for space station module
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has clinched an order from the UAE's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to develop an airlock module for the Lunar Gateway space station, the joint venture between France's ...
Private Japanese Moon Lander Captures Earth's Most Remote Location 'Point Nemo'
Point Nemo, also called the 'Pacific Pole of Inaccessibility' due to its remoteness from any landmass. According to National ...
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A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth
The crew on the International Space Station use their cameras to ... Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month.
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...