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Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial landing on the moon
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander,
Bill Cooke, the lead at NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said data indicated that a meteor was moving west at roughly 85,000 miles per hour.
It's like Mars in Fort Worth, #Texas, where a raging dust and sand storm has darkened the sky and blocked visibility, with winds of more than 60 mph lashing the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. More than 261,000 customers are without power. Numerous accidents have been… pic.twitter.com/0tJCkTKRF2
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Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first robotic spacecraft on the moon on Sunday in partnership with NASA, marking the second time a commercial lander has pulled off the feat as more companies attempt to reach the lunar surface ahead of future human landings.
The agency’s search for a new home after its Washington lease expires in 2028 sets the stage for a battle between the two Trump-aligned states.
Early Saturday morning Texas based company Firefly Aerospace made the second private moon landing, and first fully successful private moon landing in history.
The Houston-based company is working off a $217.5 million NASA agreement for a replacement commercial space station.
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