A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific instruments including a hopping robot and the first lunar mobile ...

The hopper is designed to fly 100m in height ... Nasa is partnering with a range of private companies that transport spacecraft and instruments to the Moon. It says this is cheaper than developing ...

But the spacecraft autonomously maneuvered to find ... The innovative "Grace" hopper was designed to jump into one of those dark craters about a quarter of a mile from Athena for in situ ...

The spacecraft launched on board a SpaceX Falcon ... One of them, nicknamed Grace after computer scientist and mathematician Grace Hopper, is designed to jump around the surface unlike any rover ...

In February 2024, an American spacecraft landed on the moon for the ... for NASA A small propulsive drone known as the Micro Nova Hopper will be able to explore a wider swath of the lunar south ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. After making big waves earlier this month with the successful launch, docking, and ...

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft blasted off from Earth on 26 February [Intuitive Machines] Intuitive Machines, which made the hopper, say it can travel to places that other machines ...