Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday ...
Private lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways
Private lunar lander Athena fails mission after sideways landing in moon crater, ending $62 million NASA experiment.
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Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown ...
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Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear
But landing Athena on the moon's south pole is just the first step in its mission. Aboard the lunar lander is a fleet of technology that NASA and other private companies paid to have delivered ...
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
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Missed shots at the moon are still scores for commercial space companies
The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of them failing.
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Waimea nonprofit hopes to benefit from more moon landings
The arrivals of two lunar landers on the moon this week bodes well for a Hawaii island nonprofit company’s plan to set up a ...
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'We're disappointed in the outcome': NASA shares photo of sideways Intuitive Machines moon lander, which died 12 hours after touchdown
The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...