CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...
Shares of Intuitive Machines slumped to close 22% lower on Friday after the U.S. space exploration company confirmed that its ...
The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic ...
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen ...
For the second time in less than a week, a privately built U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon, but it was not a perfect ...
Intuitive Machines believes its second lunar lander may be in the wrong orientation on the moon again, repeating a similar ...
If successful, Athena would be the second US-made spacecraft to land on the moon this week. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost on Sunday. • Athena’s target landing site is ...
Images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will pass over the landing site, could pinpoint Athena’s precise location. It has been a busy week in spaceflight and on the moon.