NASA's Next-Gen Robotic Lunar Lander Prototype Fires Up Its New Propulsion...
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View ArticlePrivate Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year
SpaceX to the Moon Lunar X Prize A private company aims to send a robotic lander and rover to the lunar surface as soon as December of next year on a Falcon 9 rocket.Astrobotic Technology Inc., a...
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View ArticleYou Built What?! A Real-Life Version of the Atari Classic Lunar Lander
After hearing about preparations for the 40th anniversary of the moon landing at Kennedy Space Center last year, British engineer Iain Sharp decided to develop a tribute of…
View ArticleThe Homemade Lunar Lander
A robotic rocket that can repeatedly take off and land vertically would have endless uses: As a lunar lander that can park itself at a fuel station, gas up, and immediately relaunch to ferry supplies...
View ArticleDid a Lunar Art Caper Put The First Museum on the Moon in 1969?
It turns out that the astronomical fame achieved by such popular modern artists as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and Robert Rauschenberg might not be strictly hyperbolic. An…
View ArticleEuropean Robotic Lunar Lander to Touch Down on Lunar Surface by 2020
Though NASA has abandoned its moon base ambitions, that doesn't mean we won't see a permanent lunar presence sometime in the foreseeable future. Japan has plans to establish a robot moon base on the...
View ArticleNASA's Next-Gen Robotic Lunar Lander Prototype Fires Up Its New Propulsion...
NASAâs next-gen robotic lander is moving right along, having already completed tests on a first prototype. Now the Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at Marshall…
View ArticlePrivate Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year
A private company aims to send a robotic lander and rover to the lunar surface as soon as December of next year on a Falcon 9 rocket. Astrobotic Technology Inc., a spinoff of…
View ArticleVideo: NASA Autonomous Lander Hovers in Midair, in Infrared Video
Hovering landers or drones look as though theyâre suspended in the air, because you canât see the vortices caused by the propellers or the heat emitted by the thruster,…
View ArticleChina Wants To Be First To Land On Lunar Far Side
Space See you on the dark side of the moon Only three countries have ever landed spacecraft on the moon: the U.S., Russia, and, in 2013, China. Now China’s planning to land where no human or...
View ArticleSecond Lunar XPrize Project Officially Headed For Space
Space The new space race is on The second Google Lunar XPrize team gets verified contract for a trip to the moon…
View ArticleChina To Land A Probe On The Moon’s Far Side In 2018
Space The first to touch down there We’ll see you on the dark side of the moon, China.
View ArticleCheck Out These Gorgeous New Pictures From China's Moon Mission
Space The moon rocks China has made the data from the two spacecraft open to the public, and the Planetary Society's Emily Lackdawalla has made it more easily accessible.
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