New York City rolled out shelter-stay limits for migrant families in a “haphazard” way — without adequate policies or effective case management — Comptroller Brad Lander said Thursday. Mayor Adams announced a 60-day limit on how long migrant families could stay in shelters in October as an influx of asylum seekers strained the city’s shelter […]
Many of us remember building time capsules to preserve memories from our lives on the ground. Now, on a bigger scale, humanity’s languages and culture will get their own safeguards on a mission to the moon. ispace, a Japanese lunar exploration company that’s working to put more human presence in space, has teamed up with […]
Mini Surprise China is set to become the first country to ever return samples from the far side of the Moon. Apart from collecting rocks and dust, the mission — dubbed Chang’e-6 — is carrying an even more interesting piece of equipment: a previously undisclosed lunar rover, SpaceNews reports. Eagle-eyed space reporter Andrew Jones spotted what […]
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived its third week-long night on the moon. This is despite the fact the Japanese lunar lander wasn’t designed to withstand even one blisteringly cold night on the moon, during which temperatures dropped as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 170 degrees Celsius). The Japan Aerospace […]
I’m Still Alive Japan’s first Moon lander refuses to die. The spacecraft — dubbed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) — has sent back yet another image three months after it landed upside down on the lunar surface. That means it has survived a third lunar night, just over two Earth weeks of freezing temperatures […]
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, the country’s space agency said, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the surface. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the lunar probe responded to a signal from Earth on Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has […]
SLIM’s not dead yet. The SLIM spacecraft, Japan’s first-ever successful moon lander, has survived the long, cold lunar night for the second time. Mission team members announced the news via X on Wednesday (March 27), in a post that also featured a photo newly snapped by the lander’s navigation camera. Related: Japan’s SLIM moon lander […]
Moon Miracle In the wake of NASA’s failed private Moon lander debacle, Japan’s attempt is still alive and kicking. In a post on X-formerly-Twitter, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that SLIM — an acronym for “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon” — is still alive and transmitting signals after its incredible resurrection earlier this […]
HOUSTON – Intuitive Machines said its Moon lander Odie won’t be completing another call to Earth after powering down, ending the first American mission to the lunar surface since 1972. The Nova-C Moon lander nicknamed Odysseus or “Odie” by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines powered down on Feb. 29, a week after landing and operating near […]
Despite the failure of the first U.S. commercial lunar lander to ever operate in space, Astrobotic Technology is pressing forward on its next moon mission, still on the calendar for launch before year’s end. The build-up of hardware for the Astrobotic Griffin Mission One lander is now on view at the Pittsburgh-based private firm can […]
As a Japanese moon lander again went dormant, controllers bid farewell. The sun stopped shining above SLIM, short for “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon,” as of 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Thursday (Feb. 29), officials with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on X, formerly Twitter. SLIM landed upside down on the moon […]