Kenneth Chang With NASA again picking up the bill, Intuitive Machines of Houston is going back to the moon. On Thursday, the company will attempt to land a 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft, which it built, on the lunar surface. The spacecraft, named Athena ...

Athena's journey began on February 26, 2025, when it launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in the moon's crust.

Intuitive Machines designed and will operate the Athena lunar lander on the company's second voyage to the moon's south pole to hunt for water.

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

Intuitive Machines made it to the moon last year, but tumbled over. This time it aims to stick the landing and deliver NASA cargo closer to the lunar south pole than any other mission.