The Intuitive Machines IM-2 'Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | ...

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the IM-2 moon mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mission is to send the IM-2's lunar lander to the moon in ...

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Intuitive Machines has picked SpaceX to launch IM-4, its fourth moon lander, on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2027 along with two relay satellites for a new NASA lunar communications network.

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after concluding the toppled lander cannot generate sufficient power.

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission has ended after its lunar lander, Athena, apparently toppled over as it touched down and came to rest on its side yesterday in a shadowed crater, the company ...

The IM-2, also known as Athena, was scheduled to land on the lunar surface today. The lander did successfully touch down on the Moon, but not in the right orientation.

The IM-2 lunar mission landed on the moon Thursday morning, and Columbia Sportswear helped make it possible.