The commercially and privately constructed Athena spacecraft is returning data to NASA scientists on Earth, they announced ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.

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After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...

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Intuitive Machines aimed for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander, which was packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA ...

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Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston ... light of the sun and are among the coldest spots in the solar system. The water molecules presumably were delivered over ...

Intuitive Machines on Friday declared an early end to its Athena moon mission after the lander touched down sideways a day ...