Intuitive Machines is aiming for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon ...

The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

A year on from their last landing attempt, the Intuitive Machines team has refined its Moon touchdown.

A robotic lander named Athena is expected to make its final descent to the moon’s south pole on Thursday, making it the second lunar touchdown for a private U.S. company just this week. Houston-based ...

Watch live as a private US company attempts to land a spacecraft on the Moon in a historic search for water and ice on ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.

Much like Ingenuity on Mars, the Micro Nova Hopper will act as a scout for lunar explorations. It will also descend into a crater on the moon.

NASA has initiated a program that allows privately funded companies like Intuitive Machines to lead expeditions to the moon. This recent attempt to be streamed live is the second ever such attempt by ...