Watch Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar landing live! Houston-based company Intuitive Machines is poised to land its second spacecraft on the moon today (March 6). The lander, a Nova-C vehicle named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US ...

Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it remained ...

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 'Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | ...

Intuitive Machines successfully launched its IM-2 mission with the Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9, marking a significant achievement in the company's aerospace endeavors.

Athena launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. Manuel Mazzanti / NurPhoto via Getty Images Texas-based company Intuitive Machines is gearing up for a second ...

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" moon lander captured views of the SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage and Earth post ...

For the second time in less than a week, an uncrewed American lunar lander has touched down on the surface of Earth's celestial neighbor as NASA races to get humans back to the moon in the years ahead ...

HOUSTON - Another historic U.S. robotic moon landing happened Thursday, but whether the lander is sitting upright on the surface remains unclear. The space industry is in its moon era, with dozens of ...

A privately owned robotic lander named Athena is no longer working after it landed sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole on Thursday afternoon. Officials at the Houston-based Intuitive ...

Early Thursday morning, Athena completed an engine burn that set it on a trajectory out of lunar orbit and toward the surface, Intutive Machines said. The lander then began coasting for about an hour.