1 day ago · Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the …

6 days ago · Athena, a commercially developed lander, touched down on the lunar surface on Thursday at 11:28 am local time in Houston (17:28 UTC). The probe landed within 250 meters …

Mar 6, 2025 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly …

6 days ago · Athena landed on Thursday on a flat-topped mountain named Mons Mouton, about 100 miles from the moon’s south pole. It was the southernmost landing site of any spacecraft. …

Mar 6, 2025 · The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

Mar 6, 2025 · An image beamed from the Intuitive Machines Athena lander as it approached the moon on Thursday. ... The main payload on Athena is a drill for NASA that will extract lunar …

Mar 7, 2025 · Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the moon’s south pole, announced Friday that its Athena lander has …

Feb 26, 2025 · Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Begins Journey to the Moon. At 7:16 p.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander named Athena from …

Mar 6, 2025 · The Athena lander entered orbit around the moon on Monday. It has since been circling the moon at an altitude of 62 miles. While the spacecraft is over the far side of the …

Feb 27, 2025 · With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, the …