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Intuitive Machines: Athena Lander reached the moon – but appears to have fallen over

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IM-2 mission in low lunar court Intuitive machines Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander has reached the moon, but it seems to have fauln over. The lander still works, but it is not yet clear which parts of its mission it will still be able to perform. The spacecraft was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket … Read more

NASA set to launch the space plate telescope to scan the whole of the sky

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NASA set to launch the space plate telescope to scan the whole of the sky

The artist’s impression of the space telescope NASA/JPL-Caltech The latest addition to NASA’s fleet of space telescopes will be launched this weekend and quickly sets up to work on scanning the entire sky in a series of almost infrared wavelengths and collecting rich data on several 450 million galaxies. SPECTTRO Photomer for The History of … Read more