A US company's spaceship touched down on the Moon on Thursday, but its condition including whether it landed upright remains uncertain. Houston-based Intuitive Machines made history last year as the ...

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the ...

Athena has landed on the moon, but the overall status of the spacecraft remains unclear. The mission’s plans include studies ...

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the Moon’s south pole, but as the minutes ticked by, flight controllers could not confirm its condition or whether it was even upright. The last ...

New data from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests that ice might be present at more locations on the Moon's surface than ...

Intuitive Machines aimed for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon drill. The company is still assessing the landing.

A lunar lander designed by Intuitive Machine reached the moon but the status of the Athena lander remains unclear. Athena ...

IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a moon landing it accomplished in 2024, said its spacecraft did not crash, but mission controllers are working to understand its condition.

The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition was unclear as mission controllers rushed to understand its status.