Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | footage: Intuitive Machines | ...

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena launched to the moon 04:43. With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop ...

Athena, which is on a $62.5 million mission for NASA known as IM-2, is now the second spacecraft manufactured by Intuitive Machines to make it to the lunar surface.

The Athena lunar lander has captured its first up-close look at Earth's cosmic neighbor since it began orbiting the moon less than a week into its journey to the surface.. Intuitive Machines, the ...

Lunar lander's touchdown shrouded in mystery, location unknown 01:58. A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole ...

The two legs of Intuitive Machines' private Athena moon lander jut up to the sky, with a half-lit blue Earth above, after the probe fell over during a landing attempt near the lunar south pole on ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander as photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 10, 2025. The lander is inside a crater at the center bottom of the frame; the inset shows a ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander is seen integrated with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will propel it into orbit before it separates and continues on its voyage to the moon.

“Any time humanity puts a lander on the moon, it’s a good day,” Dr. Crain said. The main customer of both missions is NASA under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which hires ...

A lunar lander made its touchdown on the moon earlier on Thursday, but controllers on the ground were unable to confirm the Athena lander’s condition upon landing, the Associated Press reported.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have ...

Athena, the second lunar lander built and operated by Houston company Intuitive Machines, fell onto its side shortly after touching down near the lunar south pole on March 6.