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A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after lift-off. Video showed the rocket, called Kairos, blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding mid-air within seconds. A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and what appeared to be flames could also be seen in some spots. The video then showed spurts of water shooting toward that spot in an effort to put out the blaze. Tokyo-based start-up Space One, behind the rocket launch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The la...
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Flight engineers are expecting to lose contact on Tuesday with a private US lunar lander, Odysseus, cutting short its mission by five days. It made history last Thursday by becoming the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years. But the company behind the spacecraft, Intuitive Machines, said it came in too fast and one of its six feet caught on the lunar surface causing it to fall over. The lander was due to conduct a suite of experiments that it was hoped would provide data useful for future missions to the moon. NASA, which plans to land astronauts near the south pole in ...
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Intuitive Machines, a Houston, Texas-based aerospace company has landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. The landing is significant as it marks the first time an American craft has reached the Moon’s surface since 1972. It is also the first time that a privately owned spacecraft has reached the Moon, with all previous attempts being made by government space agencies such as NASA. Although the mission itself was a collaboration between Intuitive Machines, NASA and SpaceX. Odysseus has been sent to research lunar dust, and scope out the southern pole for signs of ice. On board Odyss...
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A private lander on Thursday made the first US 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 webcast soon after identifying a lone, weak signal from the lander. “What we can confirm, without a doubt, is o...
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