America’s first lunar lander in 50 years goes silent

Cape Canaveral, Florida— The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts landed on the moon fell silent Thursday, a week after it broke a leg during landing and overturned near the moon’s south pole. Intuitive Machines’ lander Odysseus lasted longer than the company expected after running into trouble with solar … Read more

Odysseus lunar lander makes history, then topples over

The moon landing, which took more than 50 years, was only partially successful. Additionally, the United States has indicated that Russia may put nuclear weapons into orbit. The Kremlin calls it spin. VOA’s Arash Alabasadi brings us Space Week. Follow us on Google news ,Twitter , and Join Whatsapp Group of thelocalreport.in

US moon lander Odysseus ‘still kicking’ a week after landing sideways

Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was “still operational” on Thursday but was close to shutting down as scientists awaited final reports from its multimillion-dollar data-gathering mission. Signal. The spacecraft landed on the lunar surface a week ago, and its operators had hoped it would operate for … Read more

The company says the Odysseus lunar lander may have 10 to 20 hours of battery life left

Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, has about 10 to 20 hours of battery life left, according to flight controllers who are still in contact with the robotic lander. Texas-based Intuitive Machines said Tuesday that its flight controllers were in communication with the Odysseus lunar lander and that the … Read more

NASA spacecraft ‘pings’ India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon

The US space agency said a laser instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon has successfully pinged the Vikram lander of India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission. The laser beam was transmitted and reflected between the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and an Oreo-sized instrument on the Vikram lander, opening the door to a new style of precisely … Read more

NASA successfully ‘transmits, reflects’ laser beam to Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander on Moon

NASA said it has successfully transmitted and reflected a laser beam between its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander for the first time on the Moon. ISRO said on Friday that the instrument has started working as a location marker near the moon’s south pole. The national space agency said the Laser Retroreflector Array … Read more