This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is wasting no time and is already drilling into the dusty regolith to study the ...

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is on the moon’s surface. But, teams don’t believe it’s in the correct position.

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas fear it may have ...

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest ...

A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday (February 26, 2025), aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black crater that ...

A private firm sent off yet another lunar lander, but with its sights this time on the south pole of the moon with a drone that will scout out one of its permanently dark craters. The Athena ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 on Ferbaury 27 successfully launched Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission, transporting the Athena lander from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The lunar lander is aiming to reach the ...

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) has announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space, marking the first time ...