Published on: 2025-06-05 18:13:02
In Brief A federal judge on Thursday issued an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing systems at the Social Security Administration (SSA) that store the personal information of millions of Americans. In the Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in Maryland accused DOGE of being “essentially engaged in a fishing expedition” in search of fraud based on “little more than suspicion.” Hollander said DOGE “never identified or articulated” a reaso
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The lunar eclipse this week had many of us gazing up at the night sky to marvel at the red-tinged moon, and now we can see what that eerie effect looked like from the other side thanks to images captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. From the lander’s perspective on the moon, the phenomenon on March 14 was a solar eclipse, and the latest video shows red light cast over Blue Ghost as Earth temporarily blocked the sun. The new imagery came in shortly after the team shared a photo of the diamond
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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Space can be an unforgiving place. Last week, a lunar lander skidded across the surface of the Moon and ended up in a cold, dark crater, ending its mission before it began. Now, details newly revealed by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines relay its Athena lander’s final moments and how the spacecraft briefly sputtered to life after powering down. Athena touched down on the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6, following a week-long journey to the Moon. The lander ended up on its s
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It creates a stunning ring effect in which the Earth (mostly) blocks out the Sun. Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has snapped a gorgeous photo of a solar eclipse from the Moon in which Earth covers up most of the Sun, leaving only the so-called diamond ring effect . It also looks nearly identical to the logo of the early 2000s genre show Heroes . The lander snapped the photo at around 1:30AM ET on Friday morning, as the Earth slowly blocked a view of the Sun. The solar eclipse on the Moon oc
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn't quite go as planned. The lander touched down sideways within a crater near the Moon's south pole, causing it to tip over. The company's predecessor, Odyssey, suffered a strikingly similar fate last year. "We don't believe we're in the
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The second lunar lander by Intuitive Machines has made its way to the Moon, but not without incident. The Athena vehicle may not be upright, which is what happened to the company’s Odysseus lander upon touchdown back in February. CEO Steve Altemus said during the post-landing news conference that he doesn’t believe that Athena is “in the correct attitude on the surface of the Moon yet again.” Altemus said that the company will know for sure in the coming days once the team gets “a picture from
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The second lunar lander made by Intuitive Machines has touched down on the Moon, but like the private aerospace company’s first spacecraft, it may not be upright. The Athena vehicle for Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission landed yesterday just 100 miles from the lunar south pole, but there’s uncertainty around its orientation which may impact the mission’s duration. “We don’t believe we’re in the correct attitude on the surface of the Moon yet again,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said durin
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Commercial moon missions with NASA connections are all the rage right now. Firefly Aerospace stuck the lunar landing of its Blue Ghost mission on March 2. Intuitive Machines hoped for a similar success with its IM-2 mission Thursday morning. The Athena lander made it to the moon's surface, but not everything went smoothly. By the time the landing livestream concluded, Intuitive Machines had confirmed touchdown, but two big questions remained. Where did Athena land? What position is it in? "We
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Commercial moon missions with NASA connections are all the rage right now. Firefly Aerospace stuck the lunar landing of its Blue Ghost mission on March 2. Intuitive Machines was hoping for a similar success with its IM-2 mission Thursday morning. The Athena lander made it to the surface of the moon, but not everything went smoothly. By the time the landing livestream concluded, Intuitive Machines confirmed touchdown, but two big questions remained. Where did Athena land? What position is it in?
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Commercial moon missions with NASA connections are all the rage right now. Firefly Aerospace stuck the lunar landing of its Blue Ghost mission on March 2. Intuitive Machines was hoping for a similar success with its IM-2 mission Thursday morning. The Athena lander made it to the surface of the moon, but the company is still evaluating the success of the landing. By the time the landing livestream concluded, Intuitive Machines confirmed touchdown and that the vehicle was generating solar power.
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After becoming the first private company to touch down on the lunar surface last year, Intuitive Machines is gearing up for a second Moon landing near the satellite’s south pole. Hopefully this time, the lander will stay upright. Update: Thursday, March 6, 12:55 p.m. ET: Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the surface of the Moon, but the company is still working to figure out the orientation of the vehicle. Original article follows. Intuitive Machines is targeting a landing opportunity o
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Commercial moon missions with NASA connections are all the rage right now. Firefly Aerospace stuck the lunar landing of its Blue Ghost mission on March 2. Intuitive Machines was hoping for a similar success with its IM-2 mission Thursday morning. The Athena lander made it to the surface of the moon, but the company is still evaluating the success of the landing. By the time the landing livestream concluded, Intuitive Machines confirmed touchdown and that the vehicle was generating solar power.
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After becoming the first private company to touch down on the lunar surface last year, Intuitive Machines is gearing up for a second Moon landing near the satellite’s south pole. Hopefully this time, the lander will stay upright. Update: Thursday, March 6, 12:55 p.m. ET: Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the surface of the Moon, but the company is still working to figure out the orientation of the vehicle. Original article follows. Intuitive Machines is targeting a landing opportunity o
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After becoming the first private company to touch down on the lunar surface last year, Intuitive Machines is gearing up for a second Moon landing near the satellite’s south pole. Hopefully this time, the lander will stay upright. Intuitive Machines is targeting a landing opportunity on Thursday at 12:32 p.m. ET. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander, named Athena, will aim to touch down in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s south pole. Athena was built by Intuitive Machines for NASA’s Com
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture a photo of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the surface of the Moon, in a stunning instance of the orbiter’s surveillance power. Ghosts are notoriously hard to photograph, and this (very real) commercial spacecraft is no different. Blue Ghost landed on the Moon early Sunday morning, finishing a 45-day journey to our rocky satellite. The lander touched down in Mare Crisium (which literally translates to “Sea of Crises”), a crater for
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We already knew that the aerospace company Firefly successfully maneuvered its Blue Ghost lander onto the surface of the Moon, but now we have some gorgeous video proof. The lander captured footage throughout the touchdown, complete with a cinematic finale. Check it out below. The POV footage shows the lander descending toward the Moon and the subsequent landing. It ends with a striking view of Blue Ghost emerging from a cloud of dust as its shadow stretches across the lunar surface. It’s prett
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What just happened? Multiple governments and companies have struggled to land spacecraft safely on the Moon in recent years. As NASA's goal of sending humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century faces repeated delays, a Texas-based company has become the first private entity to complete a fully successful landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander successfully touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. ET (02:34 CST) on Sunday, becoming the first non-
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What just happened? Multiple governments and companies have struggled to land spacecraft safely on the Moon in recent years. As NASA's goal of sending humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century faces repeated delays, a Texas-based company has become the first private entity to complete a fully successful landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander successfully touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. ET (02:34 CST) on Sunday, becoming the first non-
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Following a 45-day journey to the Moon, Blue Ghost gently landed on the lunar surface this past weekend to begin its exploratory mission. Here’s what we can expect over the coming days. Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, however, we’ve got the ongoing mission to attend to. The Texas company’s inaugural Blue Ghost mission, aptl
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Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft in history to softly touch down on the Moon's surface. In fact, the company claimed in an announcement that it was the first to "successfully" do so, effectively arguing that Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander failed when it toppled over during its attempt last year (Odysseus failed to reestablish connection with the Earth a month after landing on the Moon). Rise and shine! Firefly’s #Blue
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Firefly Aerospace’s first attempt at landing on the moon was a success. The company, which is working with NASA under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program , announced early Sunday morning that its Blue Ghost lander softly touched down on the moon, and it’s upright and communicating with the team back home. Blue Ghost landed at 3:34AM ET in a region known as Mare Crisium. While Firefly’s lander isn’t the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon, it is the first to
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a lunar lander from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, kicking off the latest attempt to touch down on the Moon's surface. Houston-based startup Intuitive Machines' lander, dubbed Athena, is equipped with various scientific instruments, including a tiny "hopper" robot, three separate rovers — and a drill. The drill was designed to burrow roughly three feet below the Moon's surface and drop the retrieved soil into a pile nearby. A mass spectrometer will
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