A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side.

If you've ever taken a few minutes out of your day to look at old footage and photographs of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon, you may notice a lack of stars in the background. Let's get the ...

SpaceX has successfully launched Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander toward the moon in the IM-2 mission. Athena is scheduled to reach the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6.

Blue Ghost's first look of the eclipse came at about 1:30 a.m. EST Friday from the spacecraft's landing site in Mare Crisium, a 300-mile-wide basin on the near side of the moon believed to have ...

The Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon's surface at 3:34 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 2, coming in for a soft landing and touching down safely and upright with its payload of science ...

This image was captured by the Odysseus lunar lander just after landing, when the spacecraft's engine was still firing for stability, kicking up moon dust. An American Flag can be seen on white ...

This cosmic event occurs when the Earth, sun, and moon align perfectly. One diagram shows how a total solar eclipse works, and why it darkens the sky in the middle of the day.

Here’s how it works. Lunar swirls are bright, light-colored swirling features seen on the moon’s surface.(Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University) ...

Last year, Intuitive Machines became the first commercial mission to touch down on the lunar surface, but it wasn't a complete success. The probe misjudged its rate of descent and hit the moon ...

Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating ...

2024 PT5 may have been flung from moon's surface During the object's visit, Teddy Kareta, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, was among those who sought to catch a glimpse of it while ...