Intuitive Machines is aiming for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon ...

A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas cannot confirm ...

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.

Intuitive Machines is making its second attempt to land on the Moon with the Nova-C lander, Athena. Scheduled for March 6, 2025, this mission aims to land near the Moons south pole, collecting ...

This time, the hope is that Athena will stay upright as it deploys payloads for NASA, which is footing the bill, and commercial customers. Here’s what else to know about Athena’s moon landing attempt: ...

The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon.

There is a robotic moon landing happening Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander successfully touched down there just five days ago.

Another historic U.S. robotic Moon landing happened Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander successfully touched down there just five days ago.