Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the moon through a NASA-sponsored program.

Intuitive Machines announced its second mission to the moon has ended after Athena, its lunar lander, fell 'on her side.'

A private lander that was sent to the Moon has failed its mission, officials have said. It marks the second failed attempt by its creators, Intuitive Machines. Like the first, it landed sideways and was unable to complete its machine,