New Scientist on MSN3d
Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why
NASA’s InSight lander recorded surprisingly large quakes that indicate Mars is more seismically active than we first thought.
Space on MSN1d
Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...
Space.com on MSN13d
Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...
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Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission
"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond." The historic mission of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander ...
Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday ...
ZME Science on MSN3d
Mars has huge amounts of water hidden beneath its surface — and perhaps life too
Mars might hold enough subsurface water to cover its surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 to 2 kilometers) ...
Blue Ghost private lander reaches the Moon intact
The Blue Ghost spacecraft has landed on the Moon, making history as the first private lander to “successfully” achieve this feat, according to its creator, Firefly Aerospace. The Texas-based ...
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is ...
Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity
The second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship, proved an old adage: ...
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Readings Show Evidence of Huge Ocean Under Mars' Surface
Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.
Intuitive Machines embarks on second moon landing mission with Athena lander
Intuitive Machines' second moon lander was launched on Wednesday atop a SpaceX rocket, setting off for the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the company's first attempt ended early with a ...