Athena lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways
Athena, the private lunar lander from Intuitive Machines, missed its mark while landing on the moon Thursday and ended up sideways in a frigid crater. It did, however, manage to send back pictures confirming its position and activate a few experiments before going silent.
For the second time in less than a week, an uncrewed American lunar lander has touched down on the surface of Earth's celestial neighbor as NASA races to get humans back to the moon in the years ...
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Lunar data center intact despite lunar lander's botched landing, St. Pete company saysSt. Petersburg-based space startup Lonestar Data Holdings says its lunar data center is the only surviving payload after a ...
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 ...
The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.
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.
Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in ...
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'We're disappointed in the outcome': NASA shares photo of sideways Intuitive Machines moon lander, which died 12 hours after touchdownThe second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander falling sideways into a crater and shutting down after 12 hours.
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