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Sideways moon landing cuts mission short; private U.S. lunar lander will stop working Tuesday

by MARCIA DUNN February 26, 2024

A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon.

by MARCIA DUNN January 8, 2024January 8, 2024

A propulsion system problem ‘threatens the ability of the spacecraft to soft land on the moon,’ the company said.

by MARCIA DUNN March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur, but mining the water would be tough.

by MARCIA DUNN December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

The space agency needed a successful splashdown to stay on track for the next Orion flight around the moon, targeted for 2024 with four astronauts.

by MARCIA DUNN August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

No one will be inside the crew capsule atop the rocket, just three mannequins swarming with sensors to measure radiation and vibration.

by JAY REEVES April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Charlie Duke, 86, still has vivid memories from the journey, which was the next-to-last U.S. mission to land on the lunar surface.

by Elizabeth Robin Plumer July 25, 2019July 27, 2019

Accountability, persistence and service are good values in any line of work.

by MARCIA DUNN July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins meet with President Trump at the White House to commemorate the July 20, 1969, moon landing.

While some residents expressed skepticism about the cost of the Apollo missions, others were wowed by them.

by MARCIA DUNN July 16, 2019July 16, 2019

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins recalls the tension surrounding the crew that day.