Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...

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 said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface, but details of the ...

Moon landings were once exclusive to government agencies, but Firefly Aerospace is now the second company to do it.

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Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its ...

Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 successfully touches ... A Japanese entrepreneur’s company, ispace, launches a lunar lander in 2023, but it, too, wrecks. Intuitive Machines becomes the first private ...

The United States, China, India, Japan and the former Soviet Union were in that ... landing strut in February 2024. The lander made a soft touchdown on the moon but ultimately tripped onto its ...