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Japan hopes to restore power to ‘Moon Sniper’

Space agency JAXA says its vessel could be revived thanks to an early shutdown, noting it has ‘lots’ of data.

Al Jazeera

Japan Says 'Possibility' Moon Lander Power Can Be Restored

Japan switched off its Moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to allow for a possible recovery of the craft when the sun hits its solar panels, the space agency said Monday.

International Business Times

Fire! NASA kicks off Artemis moon program's 2024 with big engine test (video)

An RS-25 engine rated for future human moon missions fired up on Jan. 17 for about eight minutes in a key test for NASA's Artemis program.

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Japan's 'Moon Sniper' Lands But Power Running Low

Japan on Saturday became only the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, but its "Moon Sniper" spacecraft was running out of power due to a solar battery problem.

International Business Times

US Space Company Upbeat On Next Moon Mission Despite Lander's Demise

The head of the American space company whose lunar lander failed this week in its mission to reach the Moon expressed optimism Friday that the next attempt would achieve its goal.

International Business Times

Japan makes contact with 'sniper' spacecraft after it lands on moon

Spacecraft made successful landing but is unable to generate solar power

Evening Standard

Japan starts precision landing of 'moon sniper' SLIM spacecraft

Japan's spacecraft attempts a precision landing on the Moon, aiming to revitalize its space program and become the fifth country to achieve a moonshot.

The Hindu

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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened

Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricity

The Guardian - UK

Omega explores the dark side of the moon with a stellar new watch

Omega unveils the Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon Apollo 8 watch

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Japan's Little Moon Toy: The Camera Probe Ready To Roll

On board Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft is a little robot with a big mission: to pop open like a Transformer toy, wiggle across the lunar surface and beam images back to Earth.

International Business Times

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' Attempts Historic Lunar Landing

Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft is preparing to make a historic lunar touchdown at midnight on Saturday using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have failed.

International Business Times

Japan succeeds in soft landing on the moon, but its lander has a power problem

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon. A Japanese space agency manager earlier called the landing "a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror!"

WEKU

The moon once had way more water than we ever imagined, lunar meteorite reveals

A new examination of a lunar meteorite revealed a mineral that could change our understanding of water on the moon, showing its crust was water-rich around 4 billion years ago.

Space

Doomed Peregrine moon lander on course for fiery return to Earth

US spacecraft expected to burn up in fireball over south Pacific Ocean after failed lunar mission

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Omega adds Saturn V seconds hand to new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon watch

Omega has returned to the 'dark side' of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there, NASA's Apollo 8 crew.

Space

Peregrine moon lander aims for 'safe' crash into Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 18

The ailing Peregrine moon lander is expected to crash into Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 18, a demise that its maker, Astrobotic, pledged to make as safe as possible.

Space

Getting it right on the moon: Let's not trash Tranquility (op-ed)

Humanity is headed back to the moon. We shouldn't make the same mistakes there that we have made here on Earth.

International Business Times

High Hopes For Japan's 'Moon Sniper' Mission

Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft will attempt a historic touchdown on the lunar surface this weekend using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have failed.

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Astrobotic's Lunar Lander to Safely End Mission After Failed Moonshot

Astrobotic's lunar lander, Peregrine, is set to burn up in Earth's atmosphere following a failed moonshot mission. NASA paid over 0 million for experime...

The Independent UK

US company's lunar lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere after failed moonshot

A U.S. company's lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth's atmosphere after a failed moonshot

LiveScience

Which animals will be the first to live on the moon and Mars?

Spaceborne animals could help humans survive on the moon or Mars. But which creatures would be the best for astronauts?

WEKU

Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere

The mission was to be the first time an American company sent a spacecraft to the moon — and the first time the U.S. returned to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the Peregrine lander: one glitch won’t keep private enterprise off the moon

The delay to Nasa’s 10-year lunar programme gives us time to beef up the treaties governing the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 93 — Does America really want to go back to the moon?

On Episode 93 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod we talk space history and America's desire to go to the moon with former NASA historian Roger Launius.

The Conversation

What delays to the Artemis II and III missions mean for Canada

On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.

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