The Athena lander, built by Texas outfit Intuitive Machines, set down at 1730 UTC Thursday in the Mons Mouton region just 160 km (100 miles) from the South Pole of the Moon, after riding a SpaceX ...

This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...

Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...

The Athena lunar lander touched down on the moon's surface Thursday, but not where intended, and is no longer in operation.

For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated by Intuitive Machines has fallen over on the ...

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we don't ...

"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and ...

Intuitive Machines announced its second mission to the moon has ended after Athena, its lunar lander, fell 'on her side.' ...

“What we have at Intuitive Machines is a steely eyed rocket scientist and mission control team.” Altemus said Athena used avoidance maneuvers to navigate, avoiding “boulders bigger than a ...

NASA’s last crewed landing was Apollo 17 in 1972. Athena launched last Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The same mission also carried NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, a spacecraft designed ...