The Odysseus moon landing has been a success! Despite technical issues nearly causing a delay, Odysseus reached the surface of the moon at approximately 6:23 p.m. ET. "We can confirm without a ...

Nelson called the moon landing "a triumph," saying Odysseus had "aced the landing of a lifetime." "Today for the first time in more than a half-century, the U.S. has returned to the moon.

The IM-2 mission will test lunar mobility, resource prospecting and the first-ever cellular network on the moon.

The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early Monday hours from Florida aboard a ...

THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China’s asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are some of the biggest space ...

The triumphant touchdown of the company’s Nova-C lunar lander, called Odysseus, spurred jubilant cheers during the company’s webcast. But the landing wasn’t perfect: Odysseus tipped over on ...

Firefly confirmed a target landing date of March 2 ... series called “Moon Phases,” for example, flew on the Odysseus lunar lander from Houston-based Intuitive Machines last year, becoming ...

It would also represent the first American soft landing on the lunar surface ... which will be deployed from Odysseus when it is still 30m above the lunar surface. The camera will try to take ...

Equally notable is that this craft – Odysseus – was built by Intuitive ... sustained that long after his death? This week’s moon landing – and the immediate prospects to follow ...

In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.

Following on from the Odysseus Moon landing in 2024, Nasa's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) will continue delivering commercial lunar landers. The CLPS scheme is what brought Intuitive ...