https://www.europesays.com/uk/98622/ Altimeter problems, lighting challenges caused IM-2 lunar lander to fall on its side #Artemis #CLPS #IM2 #IntuitiveMachines #LunarLander #Science #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom
@angry_astro
"EXCLUSIVE! They landed on the Moon, and now they're building TWO new rockets! Meet Firefly MLV!"
Momentarily on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiitFa5-3U the "Hearing - Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s #CLPS Initiative" - see https://science.house.gov/hearings?ContentRecord_id=AB3C0271-AA62-4F88-8652-CD8DA06E2B05 for the 'witnesses' coming on stage.
@djsnm.extwitter.link
#im #blueghost #nasa #clps
Why Did The Latest Lunar Lander Fall Over, Why Is Landing On The Moon Harder Than We Thought
https://youtu.be/ISZTTEtHcTg?feature=shared
( Ed: moon landings are hard good luck Spacex HLS
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@michaelsheetz.bsky.social
The Sun, emerging from totality behind the Earth, seen from Blue Ghost's perch on the Moon:
Take a bow, #FireflyAerospace!
Blue Ghost: The Commercial Moon Lander Achieves Lunar Soft Landing
On 2 March 2025, Blue Ghost, the moon lander built by the private company Firefly Aerospace touched down safely on lunar surface near a volcanic...........
#artemismoonmission #BlueGhost #Blueghostlander #CLPS #Firefly #FireflyAerospace #Lander #Lunarsoftlanding #Moonlander #Softlanding
SCIEU Team
From the #LPSC 'NASA Night' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4sVQ81DiI a list of the next #CLPS missions: NASA will have more Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies (SCALPSS) on #BlueOrigin's HLS test lander. They also reported superb results from #BlueGhost with 6 of the NASA experiments already completed and the remainder being done once the hot noon is over. Not much came out of #Athena, obviously, and they're still trying to make contact with the Lunar Trailblazer - no indication of the hope level ...
Photo Shows Stricken Moon Lander Lying on its Side https://petapixel.com/2025/03/10/photo-shows-stricken-athena-moon-lander-lying-on-its-side/ #lunarlander #moonlander #artemis #athena #Space #News #clps #moon
@angry_astro #nasa #clps #blueghost #im2 #athena
I can't remember how many times I've expressed concern about the tall, top heavy @Int_Machines design. But nothing illustrates how significant this factor is than a comparison between the @Firefly_Space & Athena landers.
@launchpad
"Update after private lunar lander touches down on the moon"
https://www.youtube.com/live/7wsvlD3SfjY?feature=shared
(Ed : Squat lander designs such as #blueghost, Apollo #LM and more relevant Surveyor.All had lower center of gravity henceforth less likely to tip over on suspicious terrain)
Another one bites the (Moon)dust!
This is Intuitive Machines' #IM2 lander that once again toppled over after trying to land on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole.
The picture had lots of detail hidden in the shadows which I brought out in processing.
@intuitivemachines.bsky.social #IM2 #NASA #CLPs
Tune into the landing broadcast for IM-2, our second mission to the surface of the Moon.
https://www.youtube.com/live/WGf4aWipxC0?feature=shared
(Ed: Lunar landing playback appears to have landed on its side again)
@petapixel.bsky.social
#FireFlyAerospace #BlueGhost Spacecraft’s First Photo From the Moon After Historic Lunar Landing
MAR 02, 2025
Jeremy Gray
NASA’s CLPS program is reshaping lunar exploration. Instead of building everything in-house, NASA now contracts private companies—like Firefly, Intuitive Machines, and Astrobotic—to handle lunar deliveries.
#NASA #CommercialSpace #LunarExploration #20postchallenge #CLPS
Přistání sondy #Blueghost je prvním úspěšným přistáním komerční firmy na Měsíci a současně prvním úspěšným projektem #NASA v rámci #CLPS. #moon
Landed! Three contact sensors out of 4, data returned still! First 100% successful #NASA #CLPS landing!!!! #blueghost #Firefly
#NASA:
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IM-2 Completes First Burn
After a successful launch on Feb. 26, 2025, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission is headed to the Mons Mouton region near the Moon’s South Pole the Moon. .. maneuver that fine-tunes the lander’s trajectory toward the Moon. Intuitive Machines plans to continue refining Athena’s trajectory ahead of lunar orbit insertion, planned on March 3.
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https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2025/02/28/im-2-completes-first-burn/
28.2.2025
Three Lunar Landers? Why Everyone Is Going To The Moon."