Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its side.

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the moon through a NASA-sponsored ...

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down ...

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

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

The four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific payloads as it touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a ...

Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface ...

Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander ...

Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating ...