It was the first successful commercial moon landing. The lander delivered 10 NASA science and delivery payloads to the Mare Crisium basin, which is a lava-flooded region on the near side of the ...

There was a watch party at Columbia headquarters in Portland, with hundreds of eyes glazed to projectors awaiting the landing. Just before 10 a.m., the lander, Athena, finally reached the moon ...

Firefly is one of 13 companies eligible to compete for CLPS missions, precursors to future astronaut landings on the Moon under NASA's Artemis program. Now, Firefly finds itself at the top of the ...

Intuitive Machines, an American space company, launched its lunar lander Athena to the moon in late February, but the craft had a rough touchdown, landing in a crater and flipping over on its side.

After 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 ...

Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to reach the moon’s surface—Athena —has powered off after landing sideways on the lunar south pole. The Houston-based private space exploration ...

Intuitive Machines had an interesting achievement in with the IM-1 mission, which it cited as the first soft landing on the Moon by a U.S. craft since 1972. As it's reasonable to assume the U.S ...

Its main mission will be to hunt for lunar ice, a crucial resource needed by future moon explorers. Unfortunately, as with the first Intuitive Machines landing attempt, the Athena proved to be an ...

WASHINGTON – A private company’s second attempt to land on the Moon officially ended on March 7 after its Athena spaceship came down sideways in a repeat of a 2024 off-kilter landing.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.

But after traveling more than a million kilometers through space, the spacecraft came to rest inside a crater, 250 meters from its intended target -- once again landing ... to the Moon and ...

After 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 ...