Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in the moon's crust.

Intuitive Machines out of Texas is sending a second lunar lander, this time Athena, to the moon, where it will drill for water, ice and other gases.

The moon rocket has been a major point of controversy ... contract” which has allowed the space agency’s expenses to balloon as the project experienced delays and development setbacks.

This jet of air functions like jet force and propels the balloon forwards. Rocket engines function according to the exact same principle: as the fuel burns inside the rocket, the gases produced escape ...

WASHINGTON – NASA’s mega moon rocket appears to be at crossroads following a major announcement by Boeing that it plans to significantly decrease the number of employees working on the project.

Aerospace giant Boeing is warning that hundreds of workers currently working on NASA's Artemis Moon rocket could be laid off in the upcoming months. A Boeing spokesperson told The Register that ...

The Intuitive Machines lunar lander that will deliver NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency ... the fairing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (Credit: SpaceX) On Wednesday ...

In this new study, the research team wondered how much energy would be needed to convert the moon's regolith into rocket fuel, and then to transport it to a space-based gas station. Prior research ...