A privately owned lunar lander has touched down on the moon. But flight controllers in Texas cannot confirm its condition or ...

Last year, Columbia’s Omni-Heat Infinity technology wrapped part of a lunar lander that Intuitive Machines sent to the moon, ...

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

The Athena lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday morning, and the MAPP rover on board could be the first to explore the moon's south pole. As of Thursday afternoon, it was unclear if the ...

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

The final images from the ‘Athena’ lander seem to show it awkwardly approaching the Moon from its side. Intuitive Machines ...

A privately developed moon lander carrying scientific experiments failed to land correctly Thursday, sending shares of the developer, Intuitive Machines, down 20%. The Houston-based company's lander, ...

Scientists lost contact with SpaceX's Starship 8 minutes after launch Thursday, the first test flight since the Starship 7 exploded in January.

Though the robotic craft, called Athena, performed excellently on its flight to and around the moon, this landing mishap ...

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