Lunar Lander
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NASA
More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight
NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target landing in the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the Moon in 2028. As part of the agency’s broader Artemis campaign, Firefly will deliver a…
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NASA
NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow
Earth’s nearest neighboring body in the solar system is its Moon, yet to date humans have physically explored just 5% of its surface. It wasn’t until 2023 – building on Apollo-era data and more detailed studies made in 2011-2012 by NASA’s automated GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission – that researchers conclusively determined that the Moon has a liquid outer core…
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Press Releases
ispace RESILIENCE Lunar Lander Successfully Achieves Testing Milestone in Preparation for Mission 2
ispace, inc. (ispace)(TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced today that the flight model of its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing and remains on schedule for a Winter 2024 launch. “The successful completion of the thermal vacuum test for Mission 2 was a great achievement. I am proud of the efforts of…
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Gaming
Lunar Lander Beyond Makes First Contact on April 23rd — Preorder the Deluxe Steelbook Edition Now
It’s nearly time to take to the cosmos in Atari‘s narrative-driven space flier adventure, Lunar Lander Beyond, coming to PC and consoles on April 23rd. Ahead of the launch, Atari invites would-be galactic explorers to secure their spot among the highly decorated Pegasus Corporation captains by pre-ordering the deluxe steel book edition of Lunar Lander Beyond before they’re all gone! Available through retailers worldwide…
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Press Releases
CubeRover and Spacefarer Manifested Aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One to the Moon
What: Mission Control and Astrobotic will announce a groundbreaking partnership for a joint rover demonstration mission to the Moon. The CubeRover™, developed by Astrobotic, will be integrated with Mission Control’s Spacefarer™ operations platform and flown aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin-1. When: Monday, April 8, 2024 from 4:00pm-4:30pm MT Where: Space Symposium 2024, Colorado Springs* The Broadmoor Hotel – 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs,…
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Gaming
Atari’s Lunar Lander Beyond Touches Down on April 23rd
On April 23rd, it’s a close encounter of the retro kind with the PC and console launch of Atari and Dreams Uncorporated’s Lunar Lander Beyond. Lunar Lander Beyond isn’t your average retro reimagining; the storytelling pros at Dreams Uncorporated amplify everything good about the classic genre-defining Lunar Lander by elevating its simplistic arcade origins and infusing it with a signature art style, a narrative-rich…
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NASA
NASA Collects First Surface Science in Decades via Commercial Moon Mission
For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA was able to collect data from new science instruments and technology demonstrations on the Moon. The data comes from the first successful landing of a delivery through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. The six instruments ceased science and technology operations eight days after landing in the lunar…
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NASA
Odysseus Lands on the Moon
Following a launch on Feb. 15, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down in the Moon’s south polar region on Feb. 22 and has since transmitted valuable scientific data back to Earth. Odysseus took six NASA payloads along for the ride and their data will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. This landing marked the United…
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NASA
Mission Manager Update: All VIPER Flight Instruments Installed!
The VIPER team continues to push forward with the build of the flight rover that’ll go to the surface of the Moon. As of this writing, all of VIPER’s flight instruments are installed, and the rover is more than 80% built! This is a major accomplishment and shows the great progress being made by the dedicated VIPER team, who are…
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Gaming
Atari Announces Lunar Lander Beyond Physical Edition Retailers in USA and Canada
Atari and developer Dreams Uncorporated and delighted to announce that Lunar Lander Beyond is poised to touch down in retail stores across the United States and Canada when it launches later this spring. The space-faring narrative adventure descends upon Best Buy, GameStop CA, and Amazon for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, with pre-orders now available in all stores. Choose your preferred retailer…
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