Open the Youtube video Athena entered the Moon’s orbit on March 3 and is currently making the final adjustments to nail this week’s landing. The spacecraft is set to touch down near the ridge of ...

In the permanent shadows inside the Shackleton crater, it gets to -246°C (-410°F). There are also mechanical stressors to consider. The system needs to be launched, fly to the Moon, and land ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

And in an agreement with the UAE, the first Emirati to travel to the Moon will fly aboard an Artemis mission early in the next decade. Shackleton Crater lies in the crucial south pole region and ...

Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic ...

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

when its Odysseus lander became the first private company to land on the moon. A successful IM-2, landing in the Shackleton crater area, would prove Intuitive Machines can deliver reliable lunar ...

Intuitive Machines is "ready to go" with its second moon landing mission ... in the vicinity of the Shackleton crater, and will drill into the surface to search for water ice and other gases.