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Moon landing: US lander successfully touches down in ‘giant leap forward for all of humanity’ | Science & Tech News
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The Odysseus lander has successfully touched down after a “nail-biting” descent saw the first ever privately owned craft reach the moon’s surface. The Intuitive Machines’ lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years – since the last of NASA’s Apollo programme in 1972. There was applause…
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Don’t underestimate the significance of the latest moon landing | Science & Tech News
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Don’t underestimate the significance of this latest moon landing. The first by the US in more than 50 years, the first by a private company and the first so close to the intriguing south pole. Many other nations have landed during America’s absence: Russia, China, India and most recently Japan. The US is a late…
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft regains power nine days after historic lunar landing | Science & Tech News
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft has regained power more than a week after it ran out of electricity after landing on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said it re-established communication with its lander late on Sunday, nine days after Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon. The Smart Lander…
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Japan hails ‘pinpoint’ moon landing – but spacecraft loses power after less than three hours | Science & Tech News
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Japan’s moon lander touched down with “pinpoint” precision, its space agency has said, after the country become the fifth in the world to successfully reach lunar soil. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), also known as the “moon sniper”, landed within 100m (328ft) of its target, out-striping conventional accuracy targets, it was announced on…
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Japan makes historic moon landing but mission remains up in the air | Science & Tech News
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Japan has become the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, but problems with its solar panels mean the mission hangs in the balance. Dubbed the “moon sniper”, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe was attempting a risky landing on a slope at the rim of a crater using “precision” technology.…
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Japan hopes ‘moon sniper’ will complete ‘precision’ lunar landing today | Science & Tech News
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Japan hopes it is about to join an exclusive club of just four other nations that have successfully executed a “soft” landing on the moon. Its garden shed-sized Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, isn’t the biggest, or most ambitious robotic mission to our satellite – but it’s bidding to be the most precise…
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Moon landing seemingly doomed after private company’s Peregrine spacecraft suffers ‘critical’ fuel leak | Science & Tech News
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The first US moon landing mission in more than 50 years appears to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after it launched. Private firm Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology estimated the Peregrine lander would start losing power in about 40 hours. The company had managed to orient it towards…
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Peregrine Mission-1 spacecraft has ‘no chance’ of landing on moon, company says | Science & Tech News
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Astrobotic have given up on their Peregrine-1 spacecraft landing on the moon after it sprang a crippling propellant leak. The problem occurred in the first few hours of the lunar lander’s journey into space. The Pittsburgh-based firm – which had been hoping to be the first private company to complete a moon landing – said…
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India joins exclusive club after successful moon landing – with innovative, low-cost spacecraft | Science & Tech News
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Nearly four years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugged the director of India’s space agency who was reduced to tears after losing Chandrayaan-2 – his country’s first attempt to land on the moon. Today, it was tears of joy. This isn’t just a huge triumph for Indian scientists and engineers. As Chandrayaan-3 touched down…
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First private moon landing appears to have failed | Science & Tech News
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An attempt to land the first privately-funded spacecraft on the moon appears to have failed. Japan’s ispace Inc hoped its Hakuto-R lander would touch down in the moon’s Atlas crater after a 100-day journey. But after completing its final orbit of the moon, and decelerating from 6000 kilometres per hour to a walking pace a…