Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander, IM-1, that toppled upon landing in Feb. 2024.
The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, could be the second commercial spacecraft to land on the ...
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tipped over again, but not before depositing an Imagine Dragons song on the moon.
Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft made it to the moon's surface but its status remains undetermined, according to CEO ...
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 second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...
The Intuitive Machines Athena lander mission to the moon has officially been declared "dead" after landing on its side in a ...
This week, follow the journeys of two lunar landers, meet “woolly mice,” see the oldest known bone tools, and more.
(Reuters) -Two moon landings in less than a week have once again turned the spotlight on space startups as NASA leans on ...
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