Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander ...

This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic ...

That lander named Odysseus, though, tipped over limiting the science it was able ... which managed to touch down near the moon’s south pole at 12:31 p.m. Thursday, but didn’t stick the landing.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...

Intuitive Machines' second moon mission ended in disappointment on Friday after the US company confirmed that its spacecraft had tipped over and was ... a hexagonal lander roughly the height ...

In addition to these payloads, Texas-based Firefly performed some work of its own on the Moon. Blue Ghost captured a total ...

Something that is short and squat is less likely to tip over than something tall and skinny, like the design of the Intuitive Machines’ lunar landers. The company’s first lander, Odysseus ...

which broke a leg and tipped over. Despite the tumble, Intuitive Machines' lander put the U.S. back on the moon for the first time since NASA astronauts closed out the Apollo program in 1972.