Hacker News with Generative AI: Lunar Missions

IM-2's Imperfect Landing Due to Altimeter Interference (spacepolicyonline.com)
Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander, IM-2, landed on its side near the Moon’s South Pole because of altimeter interference and lighting conditions according to the company’s president and CEO.
Space Exploration, Robotics, Lunar Missions
15 points by verzali 9 days ago | 4 comments
Blue Ghost lander captures sunset shots on moon before falling silent (phys.org)
A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.
Space Exploration, Lunar Missions, Photography
103 points by pseudolus 66 days ago | 50 comments
How Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing (arstechnica.com)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost science station accomplished a lot on the Moon in the last two weeks. Among other things, its instruments drilled into the Moon's surface, tested an extraterrestrial vacuum cleaner, and showed that future missions could use GPS navigation signals to navigate on the lunar surface.
Space Exploration, Lunar Missions, Robotics
3 points by sohkamyung 66 days ago | 0 comments
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week (arstechnica.com)
The Apollo 17 mission landed on the Moon on December 11, in 1972. From that point on, literally for decades, NASA and the United States did not go back to the surface of our nearest planetary body.
Space Exploration, NASA, History, Lunar Missions
4 points by _mitterpach 79 days ago | 0 comments
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Landing (nasa.gov)
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:34 a.m. EST Sunday, March 2, to land their Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon.
Space Exploration, Lunar Missions, NASA, Private Spaceflight, Robotics
202 points by rolph 83 days ago | 41 comments
Blue Ghost lunar lander is documenting its journey to the moon (cnn.com)
Space Exploration, Lunar Missions, Robotics, Technology, Science
4 points by marban 111 days ago | 0 comments
Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with samples from moon's far side (theguardian.com)
Space Exploration, China, Lunar Missions
234 points by throwaway199956 332 days ago | 118 comments
Chang'e-6: Moon dark side samples collected and launched into lunar orbit (spacenews.com)
Space Exploration, China, Lunar Missions
84 points by bookofjoe 354 days ago | 43 comments