Space Missions

Odysseus-lander

Watch Intuitive Machines’ Private Odysseus Lander Attempt First Historic Moon Landing

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For the first time since 1972, an American Private moon lander named Odysseus lander will be making its first moon landing attempt today. This historic touchdown would commence NASA’s official plan to establish a permanent human presence on the moon as part of its Artemis missions. Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company built the Odysseus as […]

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Space Successfully Launches Odysseus Lunar Lander, Here’s Everything You need to learn about this mission

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In the early morning of Thursday, February 15, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Odysseus robotic lunar lander built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Therefore, if everything goes according to plan, Odysseus’ lunar lander will successfully land near the lunar south pole on Feb. 22. If the

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Mars-helicopter

Why NASA Named the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s final resting place After ‘Undying Lands’ in ‘Lord of the Rings’

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On Jan. 18, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made its last flight on the red planet. During its last Mars flight, the chopper suffered rotor damage that prevented it from continuing with its aerial exploration of the red planet. After its last flight, the rotorcraft landed in its final resting place. Now, NASA has bestowed a

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AI-Satellite

China Reportedly Launches World’s First In-orbit Commercial AI Satellite

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Chinese media recently announced that the Jielong-3 or Smart Dragon-3 launched off the coast of Yangjiang was reportedly carrying a commercial artificial intelligence-powered satellite on board on February 3, 2024. An article published by CGTN claimed that it is the world’s first in-orbit commercial AI satellite. But in 2023, a Chinese commercial rocket launched a

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Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko Breaks World Record for Longest Time in Space

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Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is now the first human to spend the most time in space, Roscomos recently announced. As of February 4, 2024, at 08:30:08 UTC, Kononenko had cumulatively logged over 878 days aboard the International Space Station. The Cosmonaut first reached space in 2008 and his days among the stars are still counting.

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columbia-disaster

Remembering Seven Astronauts Lost their Lives To Columbia Disaster 21 Years Ago, Here’s what happened and What NASA has learned from it

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On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA’s space shuttle Columbia broke up as it made its way back to Earth killing the seven astronauts on board. The Columbia disaster left the entire world in heavy grievance. The disaster made NASA suspend its space shuttle flights for more than two years as it inspects the actual cause of

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SpaceX To launch Private IM-1’s Nova-C Lander in February

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SpaceX and Intuitive Machines are preparing to launch a private IM-1 Nova-C Lander from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Space Coast soon. The launch will occur during a three-day window in mid-February if everything goes according to plan. “As our combined teams closed the two fairing halves, I saw the lunar lander for

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Doubleheader

SpaceX Successfully Launched two Rockets Four Hours Apart in Starlink Doubleheader for the first time

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SpaceX just launched two extra batches of its Starlink internet satellites on Jan. 28, in doubleheader liftoffs that are just three hours apart. This is the first time the commercial aerospace company is launching two rockets three hours apart. During the first launch, A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from

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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Will Never Fly Again on Mars Because of Rotor Damage

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After flying for the 72nd time on Mars, the first Mars Ingenuity helicopter will never fly again because of the severe robot-damage damage it encountered during that flight. On January 25, NASA officially announced that the chopper was “no longer capable of flight,” as the ground team could not remotely repair the rotor-blade damage of

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Japan Lands SLIM spacecraft On the Moon Becoming the Fifth Country to Ever Soft-Land A Lander on The Lunar Surface

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Japan has joined the United States, the former Soviet Union, China, and India to land a space probe on the moon’s surface. The country is now the fifth country in the world to ever soft land on the moon. Japan has been trying to attain such a milestone for a while now. However, the country

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