The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" moon lander captured views of the SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage and Earth post ...

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 'Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | ...

Athena's arrival is the second of three to reach the moon this year. A lander built by Austin-based Firefly Aerospace successfully touched down on the moon early Sunday, March 2.

Lunar lander's touchdown shrouded in mystery, location unknown 01:58. A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar ...

Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the moon’s south pole, announced Friday that its Athena lander has powered down just one ...

Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear The aerospace company, based in Houston, previously etched its name in the history books in February when ...

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

Intuitive Machines expects Athena to orbit the moon 39 times while the spacecraft waits for the sun to rise on the moon's south pole, providing sunlight to power operations when the spacecraft lands.

Athena’s mission on the moon. The Athena lander is expected to deploy a rover it’s carrying that’s called Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP, and built by Colorado-based company ...

“Any time humanity puts a lander on the moon, it’s a good day,” Dr. Crain said. The main customer of both missions is NASA under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which hires ...

Athena is the second spacecraft landed by Intuitive Machines, which first sent a craft dubbed Odysseus to the moon in February 2024, making it the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar ...

A lunar lander made its touchdown on the moon earlier on Thursday, but controllers on the ground were unable to confirm the Athena lander’s condition upon landing, the Associated Press reported ...