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

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

IM-2 is the second mission by Intuitive Machines, both flown as part of the NASA CLPS program. The IM-1 mission landed on the moon in February 2024 but hit the surface faster than expected, ...

For IM-2, Intuitive Machines has given its Nova-C lander the name Athena, honoring the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. (The IM-2 mission team has affectionately shortened the name to Addy.) ...

In a statement March 7, the company said its IM-2 mission was over less than 24 hours after the Athena spacecraft landed, but fell on its side, in the Mons Mouton region near the south pole of the ...

“IM-2 has to be a lot more accurate than IM-1,” said Intuitive Machines’ navigation lead, Mike Hansen, during a company podcast interview last year. “So, IM-1 we could get away with about ...

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission has ended after its lunar lander, Athena, apparently toppled over as it touched down and came to rest on its side yesterday in a shadowed crater, ...

IM-2, which launched on Feb. 26 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is the second moon mission for Houston-based Intuitive Machines, whose IM-1 lander, Odysseus, became the first American ...

IM-2 is set to launch no earlier than 7:02 p.m. today from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.. Look up! February planetary alignment: Skywatchers ...

Intuitive Machine’s IM-2 mission launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week.

The IM-2 lunar lander, Athena, landed on the Moon on March 6, 2025, at approximately 11:30 a.m. CST. How can I get updates on the IM-2 mission?

Last week, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the IM-2 lunar lander named Athena from the Kennedy Space Center. And nearly eight days later, the 14-foot (4.3-meter) tall Nova-C lunar lander ...