Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

An American commercial company became the first to stick a perfect moon landing early Sunday when Firefly Aerospace sent its Blue Ghost lander down to the surface.

Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.

Godspeed, Odysseus! The six-legged robotic spacecraft could become the first American vehicle to land on the moon since ...

This mission is the fourth for the CLPS program overall. Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched in January 2024 but suffered a problem with its propulsion system hours after launch, preventing ...

Neither company has revealed the terms of the agreement. Astrobotic famously attempted to send its Peregrine lander to the moon a year ago, an endeavor that ultimately failed. The story of VIPER ...

In addition to IM-1, which also toppled over on landing last year but still operated for a week, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander suffered a propulsion anomaly hours after its January 2024 launch ...