A lunar lander built by Intuitive Machines is scheduled to descend to the moon’s surface today, potentially marking the ...

The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

Athena is scheduled for touchdown on Thursday at 12:32 p.m. ET and hopes to succeed where its predecessor faltered.

A lunar lander designed by Intuitive Machine is landing Thursday on the moon, where it will attempt to establish the first ...