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

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

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this shot of Intuitive Machines' Athena lander on the moon on March 7, 2025. | Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University We now have shots of the ...

The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover aboard the toppled Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander survived ...

Mission controllers were able to confirm that Athena lunar lander made it to the moon, but they do not know the status of the spacecraft.

A privately owned spacecraft has reached the moon's surface in a dramatic lunar landing. Yet, the mystery of its condition remains.

A small propulsive drone known as the Micro Nova Hopper will be able to explore a wider swath of the lunar south pole than the Athena lander can on its own. Manufactured by Intuitive Machines ...

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...

This photo from Intuitive Machines shows the Athena lander on its side in a crater on the moon. A crescent Earth is visible above the lunar horizon.

Athena, the private lunar lander that touched down on the moon Thursday, has been declared dead. The two moon landings this week are part of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program meant to get ...