The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter entered orbit at 6:27 a.m. ET on Tuesday, but it will take the spacecraft close to two months before it enters its mission orbit of about 50 kilometres above the ...

A Japanese commercial spacecraft is zeroing in on its second attempt at a lunar landing, now flying laps around the moon. The company ispace entered lunar orbit more than a week ago, sending its ...

Technically, the new orbit is called a near-rectilinear halo orbit. It's a stretched-out egg shape with one end passing close to the moon and the other far from it.

Original article source: Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around the Moon, prepares for June touchdown The ispace Resilience mission landing site in the Mare Frigoris on the Moon.© ispace/NASA/ASU ...

It will remain in this broad but stable orbit for nearly a week, completing just half a lap before heading home. As of Friday’s engine firing, the capsule was 238,000 miles (380,000 kilometers ...

After travelling over 5.5 million kilometres around the Earth, the spacecraft swung into the moon’s elliptical orbit and is on track for touchdown April 11.

Private US spacecraft enters orbit around the moon ahead of landing attempt By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 10:11 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 Last Modified: 5:33 PM CST Wednesday ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight.

A third private moon lander is getting closer to touchdown on Earth's only satellite this summer after Japan-based company ispace said its robotic mission is now orbiting the Moon. The ispace mission ...