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

A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has put its second probe on the moon, but it was not immediately clear if the vehicle ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the ...

Athena, on a mission dubbed IM-2, will later aim to make a daring descent toward the moon’s south pole. The region is considered crucial to the modern lunar space race. Scientists suspect it is ...

The radiation-hardened technology will get its first test in an upcoming mission to the lunar south pole. Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial ...

Hitching a ride aboard the lunar lander is a fleet of technology that NASA and other private companies paid to have delivered to the moon's south pole. During about 10 days of operations ...

If all goes according to plan it will land in a region called Mons Mouten, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon’s south pole. China and India have also landed near the lunar south pole ...

IM-2 will also carry a small hopper named Grace, designed to navigate the lunar surface and access challenging areas. IM-2 is scheduled to land on the moon's south pole on March 6, following ...

“Nearly four billion years ago, an asteroid or comet flew over the lunar south pole, brushed by the mountain summits of Malapert and Mouton, and hit the lunar surface,” Kring said. “The ...