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Since 1972, the US has had only one moon landing by Odysseus
NASA’s Odysseus lunar lander is set to reach the moon’s south pole to carry NASA experiments as part of its commercial lunar payload services program. Odysseus will be carrying experiments that will help study the environment around the lander and possibly develop technologies for future landings. Odysseus is scheduled to reach the moon’s south pole…
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The Luna-25 space craft ceased to be after colliding with the Moon
SpaceX’s lunar lander ‘Luna 25’ landed on the Moon on August 21 after a month-long journey. The mission aims to land the spacecraft on the south pole of the moon to study its ice formations and composition. It is the first mission to land a spacecraft on the Moon since a Russian spacecraft landed on…
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A rocket has been fired carrying a rover to the moon.
Tokyo-based startup iSpace has launched its own private lunar lander in a SpaceX mission with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan. It is aiming to become the first private entity to attempt a Moon landing. Founded in 2010, ispace was among the finalists in the Google Lunar XPRIZE…