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Astrobotic eyes military customers for reusable Xogdor suborbital rocket

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High winds, gaseous nitrogen pump failure force scrub of the final launch of Delta 4 Heavy minutes before liftoff

Update 3:10 p.m. ET: ULA flight teams called a scrub of the mission at about T-00:03:58. United Launch Alliance will have to wait a bit...

Astrobotic hires space industry veterans to help with Griffin lander

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

Peregrine payloads returned useful data despite no lunar landing

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

Has the Lunar Gold Rush Begun? Why the First Private Moon Landing Matters

People have long dreamed of a bustling space economy stretching across the solar system. That vision came a step closer last week after a...

The US Just Landed On The Moon For The First Time In 50 Years, But It Wasn’t All Smooth

For the first time in more than 50 years, the United States has landed a craft on the Moon, but the mission did not...

Intuitive Machines lands on the moon

WASHINGTON — A robotic lander developed by Intuitive Machines landed safely on the moon Feb. 22, becoming the first privately developed spacecraft to touch...

Intuitive Machines’ ‘Odysseus’ becomes first commercial lander to safely reach the Moon

Update 8:30 p.m. EST: Intuitive Machines confirmed that the lander is upright and sending data. In a day not seen since the Dec. 11, 1972,...

Intuitive Machines’ Moon lander Odysseus reaches lunar orbit

Achieving a successful lunar landing becomes increasingly more tangible for the team at Intuitive Machines with each passing day since launch. On Wednesday, the...

IM-1 lander enters lunar orbit

Updated 8:30 p.m. with new landing time. WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission entered orbit around the moon Feb. 21, setting up a...

Falcon 9 launches first Intuitive Machines lunar lander

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — An Intuitive Machines spacecraft is on its way to the moon Feb. 15 in the company’s quest to be...

SpaceX, Intuitive Machines stand down from Valentines’ Day launch

Update 11:05 p.m. EST: SpaceX and Intuitive Machines scrubbed the launch attempt for Wednesday morning. A launch pad billed as the Apollo program’s “Moonport” is...

‘Cleanest first flight,’ ULA president reflects on inaugural Vulcan launch and future of program

United Launch Alliance entered an important new era for the company with the debut of its Vulcan rocket in early January. The flight was...

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