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Athena lying on its side / Athena liegt auf der Seite

".. lander, Athena, landed 250 meters from its intended landing site in the Mons Mouton region .. Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface confirmed that Athena was on her side. .. in the crater, Intuitive Machines does not expect Athena to recharge. The mission has concluded .."

intuitivemachines.com/im-2

7.3.2025

Intuitive MachinesIM-2 | Intuitive Machines

#FireflyAerospace:
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March 2, 2025, 2:34 am CST: Successful Touchdown Confirmed

We have confirmation Blue Ghost stuck the landing! Firefly just became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing. .."

fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gho

2.3.2025

Firefly Aerospace · Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live UpdatesFrom liftoff to landing, Firefly is providing live updates on its first mission to the Moon carrying 10 NASA instruments.

#NASA:
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IM-2 Completes First Burn

After a successful launch on Feb. 26, 2025, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission is headed to the Mons Mouton region near the Moon’s South Pole the Moon. .. maneuver that fine-tunes the lander’s trajectory toward the Moon. Intuitive Machines plans to continue refining Athena’s trajectory ahead of lunar orbit insertion, planned on March 3.
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nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2025/0

28.2.2025

NASAIM-2 Completes First Burn - NASAAfter a successful launch on Feb. 26, 2025, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission is headed to the Mons Mouton region near the Moon’s South Pole the Moon. The lander is carrying NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. All NASA instruments on board are currently...

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Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon

The radiation-hardened technology will get its first test in an upcoming mission to the lunar south pole.
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".. full-scale cell network on the moon would add further noise to the night sky."

"“Using 4G frequencies on or around the moon is a violation of the ITU-R radio regulations”"

technologyreview.com/2025/02/1

18.2.2025

MIT Technology Review · Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moonBy Jacek Krywko
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February 13, 2025: Lunar Orbit Insertion

The Firefly team nailed our most challenging burn to date! The team completed a 4-minute Lunar Orbit Insertion with Blue Ghost’s RCS thrusters and main engine to enter an elliptical orbit around the Moon. Over the next 16 days, we’ll conduct additional maneuvers to circularize our orbit and get closer to the lunar surface.
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fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gho

Firefly Aerospace · Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live UpdatesFrom liftoff to landing, Firefly is providing live updates on its first mission to the Moon carrying 10 NASA instruments.

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Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live Updates
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February 8, 2025: Trans Lunar Injection Complete

Blue Ghost successfully performed a Trans Lunar Injection burn to escape Earth’s gravitational pull and begin a 4-day transit to the Moon’s orbit. ..
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fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gho

Firefly Aerospace · Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live UpdatesFrom liftoff to landing, Firefly is providing live updates on its first mission to the Moon carrying 10 NASA instruments.

#Spektrum:
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Europas erster Mondlander

.. Europa entwickelt nun eine eigene Landesonde für den Mond, nachdem weltweit schon rund ein Dutzend ähnlicher Projekte in der Entwicklung oder im Bau sind – manche haben sogar schon erste Testflüge absolviert. Im Jahr 2030 soll es dann so weit sein, der Lander Argonaut macht sich bereit für seinen Flug zum Erdtrabanten.
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spektrum.de/news/europas-erste

3.2.2025

Spektrum.de · Europas erster MondlanderBy Tilmann Althaus