Intuitive Machines hoped for a similar success with its IM-2 mission Thursday morning. The Athena lander made it to the ...
The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the ...
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander planned to deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful ...
The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.
A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas fear it may have ...
IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost ...
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
Intuitive Machines flight controllers have not immediately confirmed the Athena lunar lander's status and orientation after ...
Among the NASA instruments are the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1, or PRIME-1, which comprises a drill and mass spectrometer to explore the Moon’s subsurface for traces of water ice. The ...
NASA confirmed on X that Athena, which was built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, touched down on the moon at ...
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...
Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...