Intuitive Machines is poised to launch its second lunar lander in as many years, marking a significant milestone in ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander as photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 10, 2025. The lander is inside a crater at the center bottom of the frame; the inset shows a ...

Intuitive Machines launched its first lunar lander, Odysseus, in February 2024.It reached the lunar surface, but the landing wasn’t exactly smooth. One of the lander’s legs may have gotten ...

The following year, Texas-based Intuitive Machines performed a successful lunar landing in February 2024, though soon after touchdown, the Odysseus lander tipped to a 30-degree angle.

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

• Resilience, a lander built by Japan-based company Ispace, attempted to touch down on the moon around 3:17 p.m. ET. But the mission failed to land safely, Ispace officials confirmed hours later ...

Last year, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander, Odysseus, also toppled over. ... Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Second Ispace Lander Crashes to the Moon. Order Reprints ...

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander captured a nice photo of the moon's south polar region. The probe is gearing up for a June 5 touchdown try.