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And all the flight controllers, one afteranother, said go, go, go, but to the computer said no and that was less than four minutes before the launch and the ground launch system which is a piece of software, it didnt load and bowing and nasa dont know why that is and it could be that they spotted something the flight controllers didnt and it could be something with one of the components on the system or it could just be software and if it is the latter that will be easily fixed and they could ha...

Magellanic Cloud Gets its First Major Logistics Drone Order

Everything was proceeding normally that day. The big thing that i remember really paying attention to shortly before landing was the weather. Flight controllers are currently monitoring the fog that has limited visibility but is dissipating. Because, obviously, it is just critical to have decent visibility, no big weather issues when youre landing. Flight director Leroy Cain discussing Weather Conditions at present with forecasters here. Leroy was the person in charge. So everybody on their cons...

(Reuters) -Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, has roughly 10 to 20 hours of battery life left, according to flight controllers who are still in contact with the robot lander. Texas-based Intuitive Machines said on Tuesday its flight controllers were in touch with the Odysseus moon lander and the spacecraft had relayed payload science data and imagery in the morning. NASA paid Intuitive $118 million to build and fly the spacecraft to the moon, carrying science i...

Flight controllers expected to lose contact Tuesday with the dying Odysseus lunar lander just days after it toppled over while landing on the moon.

A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had landed upright. But it did not provide additional details, including whether the lander had reached its intended destination near the moon’s south pole. The company ended its live webc...

Now in lunar orbit, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander will attempt a touchdown near the moon's south pole Thursday.

The Japanese space agency said limited science operations had resumed after the SLIM lunar lander tipped over and lost power as it was touching down.

Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.

NASA’s little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage. While it remains upright and in contact with flight controllers, its $85 million mission is officially over, officials said.