'We're disappointed in the outcome': NASA shares photo of sideways Intuitive Machines moon lander, which died 12 hours after touchdown
Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon’s south pole and tipped over. Luckily, the company says it was able to “accelerate several program and payload milestones” and deploy a few of the experiments that were riding shotgun before Athena’s lander ran out of juice.
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar landing mission concludes after one day due to wayward landing
Houston-based Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander launched Wednesday evening from Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX rocket Wednesday, aiming to land closer to the moon’s south pole than any vehicle has traveled before.
The lunar lander built by aerospace company Intuitive Machines launched Wednesday on an eight-day journey for its water-hunting mission on the moon.
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south poleAfter a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic landing in rugged terrain near the south pole of the moon on Thursday (March 6), had toppled on its side inside a frigid crater.
Intuitive Machines said the Athena had enough power to be able to perform some of the scientific objectives for NASA before its batteries died.
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