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

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena launched to the moon 04:43. With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop ...

Athena, which is on a $62.5 million mission for NASA known as IM-2, is now the second spacecraft manufactured by Intuitive Machines to make it to the lunar surface.

Lunar lander's touchdown shrouded in mystery, location unknown 01:58. A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole ...

The two legs of Intuitive Machines' private Athena moon lander jut up to the sky, with a half-lit blue Earth above, after the probe fell over during a landing attempt near the lunar south pole on ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander as photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 10, 2025. The lander is inside a crater at the center bottom of the frame; the inset shows a ...

The company's Lunar Surface Communications System will use its 4G/LTE network to connect Athena with two other vehicles on the mission, allowing for data transfer and communication.

The Brief. Athena, the private lunar lander that touched down on the moon Thursday, has been declared dead. The two moon landings this week are part of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program ...

A lunar lander made its touchdown on the moon earlier on Thursday, but controllers on the ground were unable to confirm the Athena lander’s condition upon landing, the Associated Press reported.

“Any time humanity puts a lander on the moon, it’s a good day,” Dr. Crain said. The main customer of both missions is NASA under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which hires ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander is seen integrated with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will propel it into orbit before it separates and continues on its voyage to the moon.

Lunar lander Athena is packed and ready to explore the moon: Here’s what on board Here's a look at just five of the tech instruments that will be aboard Intuitive Machines' lander, as well as ...