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February 22 is a historic day for space fans around the world! Americans last set foot on the moon 52 years ago with Apollo 17. The long-awaited return, albeit unmanned for now, will take place on Thursday evening at 23.49 Swiss time.
After numerous failed attempts by various companies, US company Intuitive Machines wants to attempt the first commercial moon landing in space history. If all goes well, the Nova-C lander is scheduled to land slowly in the southern region of the Earth satellite (visible from Earth) at 11:49 p.m.
Artemis Missions: Return to the Moon
Nova-C’s possibly historic journey began a week ago at the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s (52) space company SpaceX set out for the moon. The lander includes various scientific instruments belonging to the US space agency NASA.
Americans’ goal: to return to the moon with humans! The missions, called Artemis, will be prepared with Nova-C. If all goes well, US astronauts are expected to land on the Moon again in 2026 as part of the planned Artemis III mission.
I failed over and over again
Moon landings are considered to be extremely technically demanding and often go wrong. This year alone, two planned landings turned out differently than expected: US company Astrobotic, headquartered in Pittsburgh, sent the Peregrine capsule in January. However, shortly after takeoff, problems occurred due to a malfunction in the propulsion system. Engineers managed to temporarily stabilize the capsule, but the goal of landing on the moon had to be abandoned. A few days later, Peregrine burned up in Earth’s atmosphere.
Shortly thereafter, the SLIM (Intelligent Lander for Lunar Exploration) lander belonging to the Japanese space agency Jaxa slowly touched down on the moon, but initially experienced problems with its energy supply. SLIM became operational only after a power outage that lasted for days. This makes Japan the fifth country to successfully land an unmanned moon on the moon, after the United States, Russia, China and India. Last April, a Japanese company with a similar mission failed.
Source :Blick
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