Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Lunar Lander Successfully …
HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space, marking the first time humanity has had three ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but …
3 days ago · Intuitive Machines' Athena lander on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launches toward the moon from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, February 26, 2025.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate …
4 days ago · Until that final descent, Athena had performed much more smoothly than the Odysseus lander a year ago, said Dr. Crain of Intuitive Machines. “We were expecting a fully successful landing,” he ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena moon lander mission ends …
2 days ago · Intuitive Machines developed the Athena lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, under which the agency doles out relatively cheap fixed-price contracts to ...
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down …
3 days ago · Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.7 meters) tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago. Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine what went wrong.
Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south …
3 days ago · Intuitive Machines's Athena lander captured this image during its landing attempt near the south pole of the moon on March 6, 2025. (Image credit: NASA TV) The 13-foot-tall (4 meters) Athena ...
Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also …
3 days ago · So engineers at Intuitive Machines had checked, and re-checked, the laser-based altimeters on Athena. When the lander got down within about 30 km of the lunar surface, they tested the rangefinders ...
Intuitive Machines' Athena Lands on the Moon, Then Dies
3 days ago · This photo of the lunar surface was taken from the Athena lander on approach. Intuitive Machines. Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander Athena landed in the lunar south pole region of the Moon, but less than a day later the lander is dead.. Athena entered lunar orbit on March 3rd and initiated an initial descent orbit insertion (DOI) burn on March 6th at 5:33 a.m. EST / 10:33 UT, snapping images ...
Private lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways on the …
3 days ago · The Texas company Intuitive Machines announced the news Friday, less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt. The lander, named Athena, missed its mark by more than 800 feet.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Reaches the Moon …
3 days ago · Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lunar lander, Athena, entering lunar orbit on Monday, March 3.
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