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Mission Over For Private US Lander After Wonky Landing

Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment Friday after its spacecraft tipped over and was left unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries, mirroring the US company's first attempt last year.

International Business Times

Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans

A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.

Space

Watch: SpaceX Starship explodes mid-flight for a 2nd time this year, raining fiery debris over Florida

A photo of starship launching in the distance with massive plume of smoke.

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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at launch site for Crew-10 astronaut flight to ISS (photos)

The SpaceX Dragon capsule that will carry the next crew to the International Space Station has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its March 12 launch.

Space

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

The Independent UK

Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds

Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less technical challenges for exploration in comparison with regions closer to the poles of the moon."

Space

What's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?

We explore the celestial geometry that explains different kinds of eclipses of the sun and the moon.

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Trump Calls Sunita Williams 'Woman With Wild Hair,' Promises To Bring Stranded Astronauts Home

President Trump promised to bring home Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams – the astronauts stranded at the space station since June 2024 – after the Biden administration supposedly "left them up there," but also called Williams the "woman with wild hair."

International Business Times

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore might return to the earth a bit younger?

This might remind you of the Interstellar movie, but wait it is not fictional! Yes, astronauts age slowly when they are in space.

The Times of India

Donald Trump comments on Sunita Williams’ hair, says people who are struck in space should love each other!

Donald Trump has sent a word of encouragement and hope to Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who are stuck in space since June 2024. 'We're coming up to get you,' Trump said from the Oval Office, when asked if he had a message for the astronauts and accused former President…

The Times of India

First private US robotic lunar rover lands successfully on the moon

Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform by Lunar Outpost landed near the moon’s south pole after eight days

The Guardian - US

Athena spacecraft lands on moon but struggles with undiagnosed problem

Flight controllers try to confirm Intuitive Machines probe’s status in firm’s second lunar landing in just over a year

The Guardian - US

Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, landed near the moon's south pole today (March 6), but the probe's fate is unclear.

Space

Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an exciting view of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander following its recent touchdown on the moon.

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The Independent UK

Watch live: Intuitive Machines’ Athena attempts moon landing in historic search for water

Watch live as a private US company attempts to land a spacecraft on the Moon in a historic search for water and ice on Thursday, 6 March.

The Independent UK

It might be easier to live on the Moon than we thought, scientists say

It might be easier for us to explore and live on the Moon than we previously thought, scientists say.

Space

Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim

It's been a week since NASA lost contact with its new water-hunting moon satellite.

The Independent UK

Nasa uses GPS on the Moon for the first time

Navigation breakthrough signals new era of exploration and discovery on the lunar surface

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DNA-busting radiation from star-killing supernova could have influenced evolution on Earth

A distant star-killing supernova could have bombarded Earth with radiation strong enough to shift the course of evolution.

Evening Standard

Nokia launches first mobile phone network on the Moon

Unlike traditional satellite communications used in space, Nokia’s lunar network will rely on cellular technology similar to Earth’s

Space

Mars may have a solid inner core just like Earth

New research based on an iron and sulphur mixture mirroring the Red Planet’s inner core suggests that Mars’ deep interior could be solid, like Earth.

Digital Camera World

Explore Mars with an archive of NASA’s best-ever images in a new Taschen book

'Mars. Photographs from the NASA Archive' is a journey through six decades of discovery

Fortune

Elon Musk's offer to bring home stranded astronauts never reached the space station, say NASA astronauts who are still in orbit after 9 months

Musk said the astronauts could’ve been rescued sooner but the Biden administration rejected his assistance.

The Independent UK

After nine months in space, stranded Nasa astronauts are coming home

The pair originally expected to be gone just a week

Space

NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to ensure these twin spacecraft can continue exploring interstellar space.

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