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

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

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' private lunar lander Athena is no longer working after missing its mark by more than 800 feet near the moon's south pole.

Related: Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south ... pole region is lit by harsh sun angles and limited direct communication ...

Calculations show that slopes facing away from sun and towards the pole with a slope angle greater than 14 degrees will be cold enough for water-ice to accumulate in crevices or craters close to surfa ...

Athena’s face plant was Intuitive Machine’s second rough Moon landing after last year’s Odysseus lander broke a leg and settled on the Moon’s surface at an angle. That mission also ended ...

Private Lunar Lander Is Declared Dead After Landing Sideways in a Crater Near ... region of the moon is particularly difficult to reach and operate on given the harsh sun angles, limited ...

Update: Intuitive Machines announced on 7 March that the Athena spacecraft had landed on its side in a lunar crater and has run ... The latest attempt to land on the Moon went at least partially ...