In a separate NASA statement later the same day, the agency said lander ... Mars,” Nicky Fox, NASA associate administrator for science, said in the agency statement. The early end of the IM-2 ...

At a briefing about three and a half hours after the Athena lander reached the south polar region of the moon on the IM-2 mission, executive said the lander was “somewhat on its side” although ...

Where was IM-2 planning to land on the moon? The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear. Its intended landing area ...

UPDATE 3/7: The Athena lander is effectively dead. Intuitive Machines confirms that it ran out of energy after failing to stick the landing on the Moon. Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar ...

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission has ended after its lunar lander, Athena, apparently toppled over as it touched down and came to rest on its side yesterday in a shadowed crater, the company ...

SpaceX launch doubleheader recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Wednesday, Feb. 26, back-to-back liftoffs of two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral on the IM-2 lunar lander ...

The Athena spacecraft, which is on a mission known as IM-2 ... to Mars. If all goes to plan, Athena should be landing on the moon's south pole on Thursday, March 6. The Athena lander got off ...

In 2024, Intuitive Machines successfully landed the Company’s Nova-C class lunar lander, Odysseus, on the Moon, returning the United States to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.