A week on, and a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia has just released first-of-its-kind footage of a lunar ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

Landing on the Moon presents unique challenges due to the absence of an atmosphere. More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface ...

Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to reach the moon’s surface—Athena —has powered off after landing sideways on the lunar south pole. The Houston-based private space exploration ...

The spacecraft is on a quick turnaround, with hopes of landing on March 6. The mission is part of an increasing international push for exploring the moon, with multiple spacecraft trying moon ...

The Houston-based company made history last year when its first Nova-C lander touched down on the Moon, marking the first U.S. landing since Apollo 17 in 1972 and the first private lunar arrival.

(Reuters) - Intuitive Machines is "ready to go" with its second moon landing mission, a company executive said on Wednesday, a day ahead of the scheduled launch of its lunar lander. The space ...

It’s taking a fast track to the moon — with a landing on March 6 — while hoping to avoid the fate of its predecessor, which tipped over at touchdown. Never before have so many spacecraft ...

Shares of Intuitive Machines Inc. rose more than 3% in extended trading after the space-exploration company launched its second mission to the moon late Wednesday. The IM-2 mission began when the ...