Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over
Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover called MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform), which was built by the ...
Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.
Intuitive Machine's second mission to the moon, IM-2, is set to launch Wednesday evening from KSC. Onboard is NASA science.
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Lunar Lander Trips and Dies Inside South Pole CraterHouston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles ...
NASA websites have dropped references to landing the first woman on the moon as part of the goals for its Artemis program.
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south poleA vacuum already has collected lunar dirt for analysis and a dust shield has shaken off the abrasive particles that cling to everything. Intuitive Machines was aiming this time for a mountain plateau ...
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Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
A robotic moon lander known as Athena is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a mission to explore the moon’s south pole. The same rocket will also ...
Commercial company Intuitive Machines has landed its second probe on the moon, but company officials say it isn't in the correct position. The same thing happened last time.
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.
Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in the moon's crust.
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