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 ...

“This is a new frontier, and we get another shot at it ... Dr. Robinson said. A different NASA mission — the Volatiles Investigating Polar Explore Rover, or VIPER — was supposed to land on Mons Mouton ...

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, landed near the moon's south pole today (March 6), but the probe's ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before. Follow for live ...

A drill for ice, a 4G network test, three rovers, and a hopping drone: a US company is hours away from its second lunar ...

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

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander planned to deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful ...

These rocks turned out to contain a mineral called kaolinite, which on Earth forms in warm, rainy environments or near hot ...

Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which last year became the first private-sector company to soft-land a vehicle on the moon, said that its Athena spacecraft is on track to touch down around 11:30 a.m ...

MAPP, built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, will touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander at 12:32 p.m. ET ...