Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...

Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines ...

NASA Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry ...

So far, the consequences of these failures have not been lethal. But space remains a difficult, hazardous game. Reentering ...

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

LONGVIEW, Texas — Austin-based Firefly Aerospace recently became the second private company in little more than a year to put ...

Companies are landing on the moon—or trying to. These players all have exciting goals for innovation on the final frontier.

Onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is Athena, Intuitive Machine’s second moon lander, with instruments designed to dig up lunar soil and search for compounds like frozen water. The company reached ...

The private Athena lunar lander is on its way to the moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off shortly after sunset this evening (Feb. 26), carrying Athena and NASA's ride-along Lunar Trailblazer ...