Tag: moon
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Uncrewed Lunar Lander Makes Historic Moon Landing with SpaceX and NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (BDPA Houston) — On Thursday, February 15 at 1:05 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission to lunar transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Today, a robotic spacecraft named Odysseus touched down on the moon’s south pole at 5:23 p.m. CT. The…
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NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
HUNTSVILLE, AL—To develop a human landing system for the agency’s Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA has selected Blue Origin of Kent, Washington. Through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever before, uncovering more scientific discoveries, and preparing for future astronaut missions to Mars. Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify…