Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander, IM-1, that toppled upon landing in Feb. 2024.
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
Despite some connection delays postlanding, the lunar lander Athena is officially set to study what lies beneath the moon’s ...
Hopes were high for Intuitive Machines' second lunar landing, but the Athena lander has ended up on its side on the moon's ...
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
A lunar lander built by Intuitive Machines is scheduled to descend to the moon’s surface today, potentially marking the ...
But landing Athena on the moon's south pole is just the first step in its mission. Aboard the lunar lander is a fleet of technology that NASA and other private companies paid to have delivered ...
The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...
(Reuters) -Two moon landings in less than a week have once again turned the spotlight on space startups as NASA leans on ...
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