4 days ago · The two legs of Intuitive Machines' private Athena moon lander jut up to the sky, with a half-lit blue Earth above, after the probe fell over during a landing attempt near the lunar south pole on ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Athena, a commercially developed lander, touched down on the lunar surface on Thursday at 11:28 am local time in Houston (17:28 UTC). The probe landed within 250 meters of its targeted landing ...

2 days ago · Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon's south pole.

Mar 7, 2025 · The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.

Mar 7, 2025 · 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...

Mar 6, 2025 · The lander, known as Blue Moon Mark 1, will be the largest spacecraft ever to set down on the moon, even larger than the ones that took NASA astronauts to the moon during the Apollo moon landings...

Mar 6, 2025 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over.. Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.7 meters) tall — or lying sideways like its first ...

Mar 7, 2025 · 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...

Mar 7, 2025 · Athena, which is on a $62.5 million mission for NASA known as IM-2, launched on Feb. 26. The company said it received images transported from Athena on the lunar surface showing the lander on its ...

Mar 6, 2025 · Athena, Grace and MAPP will stay in contact with each other using Nokia's Lunar Surface Communication System, a payload on the lander that aims to set up the first-ever 4G/LTE network on the moon.