New evidence for water lurking under the moon’s poles
During the Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE), the spacecraft took the first measurements of this kind ...
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Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds
Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less ...
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Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds
Water extracted from ice could ... However, just a meter away, where the terrain flattened out and faced toward the pole, the temperature peaks were much lower, reaching just 138.2 degrees F ...
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Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over
Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover ...
Private lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near moon’s south pole
The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. Launched last week, the ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander set for touchdown on historic water-hunting mission
A robotic lander named Athena is poised to make its final descent to the moon’s surface, potentially marking the second lunar ...
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Private company Intuitive Machines launches lunar lander Athena to explore moon’s south pole with drone Grace
The 15-foot (4.7-meter) Athena will target a landing 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the lunar south pole. Just a quarter ... bottom while hunting for frozen water. It will be the first up-close ...