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

Known as Athena, the IM-2 spacecraft from Intuitive Machines was launched eight days ago by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Sharing the ride to space were three other spacecraft: a moon-bound NASA ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

LEXI, an X-ray imager, includes nine lobster-eye micropore optical elements ... Also riding the SpaceX rocket on Wednesday will be the Resilience moon lander, built by the Japanese firm ispace.

The lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. If all goes well, Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) would land on the moon around March 6 in area known as Mons Mouton. On its way to the moon ...

The rocket is one of several key elements needed for the US space agency's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. advertisement Phys.org ...

WASHINGTON – NASA’s mega moon rocket appears to be at crossroads following a major announcement by Boeing that it plans to significantly decrease the number of employees working on the project.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday, NASA unveiled the massive Artemis II rocket that will be used to return humans to the moon in an orbital mission that will last 10 days as the program manager ...

Analysis-Cutting Moon Rocket Would Test Musk's Power to Slash Jobs in Republican States By Joey Roulette and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is being urged to axe an over ...