Athena lander dies

Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out
Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.
Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown attempt.
Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander,
Athena moon lander ended up on its side, bringing mission to an early end
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the moon mission to an early end.
Lying sideways on the moon, the Athena lander is declared dead
The Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the lunar south pole says its Athena lander is dead on the moon.
Athena lander 'on her side' on moon's surface, ending mission in similar fashion to first launch
Intuitive Machines announced its second mission to the moon has ended after Athena, its lunar lander, fell 'on her side.'
Intuitive Machines Lander Lands Wonky on Moon, Mission Ends
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science.
Toppled spacecraft can't complete Moon mission
The mission was supposed to last 10 days but less then a day after landing, the craft is running out of power.
Intuitive Machines second lunar mission ends after lander ends up on its side
Intuitive Machines announced Friday that its second lunar mission has prematurely ended less than a day after its lander ended up on its side inside a shadowy crater. Its first lunar lander, which touched down just over a year ago,
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Athena Lunar Lander Declared Dead on the Moon
For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated by Intuitive Machines has fallen over on the ...
Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear
The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
Commercial lunar lander Athena heading to the moon with a drill, rover and rocket-powered "hopper" to search for ice
Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in ...
Intuitive Machines' payload companies declare mission a success despite tipped lander
A tipped lunar lander didn't mean a total loss, according to the companies that flew payloads to the moon last week.
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Reaches the Moon Lopsided—Just like Its Predecessor
Despite some connection delays postlanding, the lunar lander Athena is officially set to study what lies beneath the moon’s ...
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Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Moon lander is lying dead in a crater
A sideways and off-target landing has brought Intuitive Machines’ lunar mission to an early end — the second such mishap for ...
Athena made it to the moon. One St. Petersburg firm hitched a ride
Chris Stott, founder of St. Petersburg’s Lonestar Data Holdings, relayed the news to the rest of the team on video call. An unmanned lunar lander named Athena, carrying the company’s 8-terabyte data ...
A recently launched and now terminally sideways Moon lander contains Imagine Dragon's Starfield song, which seems eerily fitting
"Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface confirmed that Athena was on her side. After landing, mission controllers ...
Two moon missions touched down on the lunar surface. How they unfolded was a stark contrast
This week, follow the journeys of two lunar landers, meet “woolly mice,” see the oldest known bone tools, and more.