Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a ...
2 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said …
After less than a day, the Athena lander is dead on the Moon
2 days ago · Accordingly, NASA loaded a number of instruments onto the lander. Most notable among these was the PRIME-1 experiment, an ice drill to sample and analyze any ice that lies …
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down …
3 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly …
Watch Intuitive Machines land private Athena probe at the lunar …
3 days ago · The lander, a Nova-C vehicle named Athena, is flying the IM-2 mission as a part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which contracts private …
Intuitive Machines Athena Moon Lander Dies After Toppling Over
2 days ago · The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. ... For Athena, NASA agreed to pay Intuitive Machines $62.5 million for the …
Intuitive Machines’ Athena moon lander mission ends …
2 days ago · Intuitive Machines developed the Athena lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, under which the agency doles out relatively cheap fixed …
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its ...
3 days ago · The company confirmed Athena was on the moon and that mission control was communicating with the lander during a live broadcast of the event, cohosted by NASA and …
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is ...
3 days ago · An image beamed from the Intuitive Machines Athena lander as it approached the moon on Thursday. ... The main payload on Athena is a drill for NASA that will extract lunar …
Athena lunar lander declared dead after landing sideways
2 days ago · 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 …
Athena moon mission comes to early end after lander tips over in …
2 days ago · Launched Feb. 26 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Athena lander carried 10 science instruments and technology demonstrations funded by a NASA program that pays …