US Commercial company Intuitive Machines, lands on Moon

American company Houston-based Intuitive Machines has made historic landing by becoming first commercial outfit to put their Odysseus robot on the Moon’s south pole.\\\ Flight director Tim Crain announced “ What we confirm, without a doubt, is our equipment is on the surface of the Moon and we are transmitting”. Intuitive Machines has broken the Untied States’ 55-year absence from the Moon’s surface, although the US space agency NASA had purchased room on Odysseus for six scientific instruments and its administrator Bill  Nelson said “  the US has returned to Moon, today, for the first time in the history of … Continue reading US Commercial company Intuitive Machines, lands on Moon

Success emerging from failure

Associate project director of Chandrayaan Kalpana Kalahasti, an engineer who ensured Chandrayaan -3’s triumphant touchdown on Moon  and helped India to reach the Moon. She said after a few minutes India’s space agency safely landed its first probe on the Moon on 23 August,  “We have achieved our goal flawlessly, this will remain the most memorable and happiest moment for all of us”. Only the Soviet Union, the United States and China have also achieved this feat. Chandrayaan-3 carried lifted off on 14 July, as India’s previous attempt to reach the lunar surface, the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2019, ended in … Continue reading Success emerging from failure