A robot aboard the recent Athena lunar lander survived the botched landing — but tragically couldn't break free.

Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it become the first U.S. robotic rover on the surface of the moon. It ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Athena's mission, known as IM-2, is targeting a landing at around 12:32 p.m. EST (1732 GMT ...

Blue Ghost conducted the DOI on the far side of the Moon, which caused a communications blackout with Earth. The spacecraft ...

The Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the lunar south pole says its Athena ...

A robotic lander named ... aims to land humans on the moon for the first time in more than five decades by mid-2027. The Athena lander is expected to deploy a rover it’s carrying that’s ...

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Had MAPP been able to break free — or if Athena had stuck its landing — it would have been the first US robotic rover deployed on the surface of the Moon — not to mention the first private ...