This time 50 years ago, Soviet automatic lunar station Luna-9 landed on the moon. The spacecraft was the first to make a soft landing on the lunar surface. Luna-9 landed west of the Reiner and Marius craters in the Ocean of Storms, opening a new stage in the...
Lunokhod-1 Photo Credit: Lavochkin Association On Nov. 17, 1970 the first in the world automatic self-propelled vehicle Lunokhod-1 was delivered to the Moon’s surface using interplanetary station Luna-17. According to an online story, the vehicle downlinked to the...
The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on Nov. 19, 1969.. Image Credit: NASA On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 landed on the moon. According to a recent story on...
Jason Schuler, engineer at NASA Swamp Works, Magnus Hedlund, systems engineer at Honeybee Robotics, PISCES Project Manager Rodrigo Romo, PISCES Executive Director Rob Kelso and Hawaii County Department of Research and Development Deputy Director Donn Mende pose for a...
The Earth and Moon According to a recent article featured on www.parabolicarc.com, Moon Express, Inc. may soon become the first private company to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The company announced on Oct. 1 that it signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch three...
