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

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than ...

Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover called MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform), which was built by the ...

we remain committed to supporting our commercial vendors as they navigate the very difficult task of landing and operating on the Moon.” The company did not specifically address other payloads that ...

Mission controllers were able to confirm that Athena lunar lander made it to the moon, but they do not know the status of the ...

The lander ended up on its side in a shallow crater in the Moon’s Mons Mouton region, 820 feet (250 meters) from its targeted landing site. Less than a day after its touchdown, Athena was declared ...

A landing leg broke and the spacecraft tipped ... Thursday morning, while flying over the far side of the moon, Athena's main engine fired, starting a process to lower the far side of its orbit ...

It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova-C Odysseus lander built by Intuitive Machines. It landed, toppled over, ...

Less than a day after Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon, the company declared an early end to its mission after its ...

The rover should deploy soon after landing and send back images from ... Both vehicles will use the LSCS to communicate with Athena on the moon, even when Grace descends into the permanently ...