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Astrobotic hires space industry veterans to help with Griffin lander

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WASHINGTON — As Astrobotic wraps up the investigation into its first lunar lander mission, the company is bringing on experienced ...

Peregrine payloads returned useful data despite no lunar landing

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Despite not making it to the moon, NASA and others flying payloads on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar ...

US Moon landing marks new active phase of lunar science, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages

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For the first time since 1972, NASA landed a craft on the surface of the Moon in February 2024. But ...

How NASA’s moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions

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NASA hopes a robotic moon landing this month will help prep the lunar ground for astronauts a few years from ...

Just one month after failed mission, a second US lunar lander is ready to make an attempt

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Blue Origin and SpaceX start work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers

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WASHINGTON — The two companies with NASA contracts to develop crewed lunar landers are also beginning work on cargo versions ...

Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission

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WASHINGTON — With the Peregrine lunar lander mission now complete, Astrobotic is turning its attention to understanding what went wrong ...

Private Peregrine moon lander suffers ‘critical’ fuel loss after launch, mission at risk

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It looks like Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander won’t win the private moon race. The spacecraft suffered a serious anomaly in its ...

For Astrobotic, big risk (and bigger reward) ride on private Peregrine moon lander’s Jan. 8 launch

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The upcoming liftoff of a moon lander — Peregrine Mission One — is a nail-biter for many reasons. As a ...

Intuitive Machines delays first lunar lander launch to February

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WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines said Dec. 19 it is delaying the launch of its first lunar lander mission a month ...