Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander planned to deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition was unclear as mission controllers rushed to ...

Athena has landed on the moon, but the overall status of the spacecraft remains unclear. The mission’s plans include studies ...

Intuitive Machines aimed for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon drill. The company is still assessing the landing.

IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost ...

Intuitive Machines is making its second attempt to land on the Moon with the Nova-C lander, Athena. Scheduled for March 6, 2025, this mission aims to land near the Moons south pole, collecting ...

A US company's spaceship touched down on the Moon on Thursday, but its condition including whether it landed upright remains uncertain. Houston-based Intuitive Machines made history last year as the ...

from launch in January to landing on the moon early on Sunday. That was a welcome contrast to the mixed results of the first two missions in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program, or CLPS.

Watch live as a private US company attempts to land a spacecraft on the Moon in a historic search for water and ice on ...

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the Moon’s south pole, but as the minutes ticked by, flight controllers ...

Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...