A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Watch Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar landing live! Houston-based company Intuitive Machines is poised to land its second spacecraft on the moon today (March 6). The lander, a Nova-C vehicle named ...

A privately owned robotic lander named Athena is no longer working after it landed sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole on Thursday afternoon. Officials at the Houston-based Intuitive ...

Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it remained ...

For the second time in less than a week, an uncrewed American lunar lander has touched down on the surface of Earth's celestial neighbor as NASA races to get humans back to the moon in the years ahead ...

Intuitive Machines' most recent lunar lander has suffered the same fate as the exploration company's initial one. The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, ...

Intuitive Machines successfully launched its IM-2 mission with the Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9, marking a significant achievement in the company's aerospace endeavors.

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon's surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said Athena used avoidance maneuvers to navigate, avoiding “boulders bigger than a bowling ball.” He also confirmed the vehicle is intact, delivering data, ...