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Odysseus lunar lander sends final transmission … perhaps | Tech Reader
Despite a messy landing that left the Odysseus spacecraft with a broken leg and tilting over, the team at Intuitive Machines has hailed its IM-1 lunar mission a...
The NASA Mars helicopter’s work is not done, it turns out | Tech Reader
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has been grounded since January 18 after suffering damage to one of its rotors as it came in to land.
The team at NASA’s Jet...
SpaceX needs good weather for Friday’s Crew-8 launch | Tech Reader
SpaceX is getting ready to launch three NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Crew-8 mission is targeting just gone midnight ET on...
How many more lunar landings will there be this year? | Tech Reader
Performing a controlled, soft landing on the moon isn’t easy. Three missions attempted to reach our nearest neighbor in recent weeks. Two of the landers — one from...
Japan’s lunar lander wakes up from cold lunar night | Tech Reader
Japan’s lunar lander has reestablished contact with its mission controllers on Earth, confirming that it had successfully made it through a bitterly cold two-week lunar night.
SLIM (Smart Lander...
Third Starship launch a step closer as FAA completes inquiry | Tech Reader
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completed its investigation into SpaceX’s second Starship flight, which took place in November last year and ended with mid-flight explosions of the...
