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Space & Cosmos

Oops, we flipped it over again: the sideways US Lander mission

The image shows the company’s Athena spacecraft on its side after landing on the moon on March 6, 2025. The intuitive machine’s second moon mission ended in disappointment Friday after a US company confirmed that the spacecraft had been turned over and could not charge the solar-powered battery. With futuristic hopping drones, multiple rovers, ice drills and 4G network testing,…