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This photo courtesy of Intuitive Machine shows the first view of Earth taken during the IM-1 mission

News

Commercial spaceship set for lunar touchdown, in test for US industry

A company from Texas is poised to attempt a feat that until now has only been accomplished by a handful of national space agencies,...

AFPFebruary 20, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on the Intuitive Machines' Nova-C moon lander mission, in Cape Canaveral, Florida

World

Private spaceship bound for the Moon, in test for US industry

A private US spaceship was bound for the Moon on Thursday, where it will attempt to land near the south pole and carry out...

AFPFebruary 15, 2024

Intuitive Machines, the Houston company leading mission "IM-1," hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo missions more than five decades ago

Tech & Science

Private US spaceship takes off for the Moon

A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second such private-led effort this...

AFPFebruary 15, 2024

World

Private US spaceship poised to launch for the Moon

An American spaceship attempting a lunar landing will aim to launch early Thursday.

AFPFebruary 14, 2024

Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company leading mission "IM-1," is aiming to become the first company to achieve a soft touchdown on Earth's celestial sibling, and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

Tech & Science

US prestige at stake as Texas company launches for the Moon

Another month, another Moonshot: An American spaceship attempting a lunar landing is to launch early Wednesday.

AFPFebruary 13, 2024

While NASA's public-private strategy for space has had some success, it also carries the risk of the United States falling behind its principal space rival, China, in achieving major milestones including the next crewed mission to land on the Moon

Business

Apollo to Artemis: Why America is betting big on private space

Reputation will be on the line when Intuitive Machines' Nova-C spaceship will launch atop a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday.

AFPFebruary 12, 2024

World

Japan’s Moon lander comes back to life

Japan's Moon lander has come back to life enabling the craft to proceed with its mission of investigating the lunar surface despite its rocky...

AFPJanuary 28, 2024

Members of the Japanese space agency JAXA explain an image of the lunar surface taken and transmitted by a surface robot deployed after the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission landed

World

Japan craft made successful pin-point Moon landing, space agency says

Japan’s “Moon Sniper” craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images...

AFPJanuary 25, 2024