Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s. It was stopped because of the nuclear test ban treaty and ...

The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of them failing.

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

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.

Intuitive Machines looks to park its Athena lunar lander on the moon’s south pole on Thursday on a mission with NASA payloads.

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A private company attempted to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looked to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines’ Athena Nova-C lander touched down at Mons Mouton in the south pole region of the Moon on March 6, ...

Another innovation is AstroAnt, a thumb-sized autonomous mini-rover attached to the main rover’s surface ... space companies push toward long-term lunar settlements and potential Mars missions, sensor ...