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 ...

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

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A private company attempted to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looked to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the ...

Shares of space-exploration company Intuitive Machines Inc. are sliding after the company's uncrewed Nova-C lander, called Athena, ran into difficulties when it landed on the surface of the moon ...

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 ...

The region is eyed by major space powers for its potential for resource extraction once astronauts return to the surface - subsurface water ice could in theory be converted into rocket fuel.

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US ...

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Based on a reading from an inertial measurement unit inside the vehicle, most likely Athena is lying on its side. This is the ...

A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, flight controllers could not ...