Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...

On February 3, 1966, an inflatable ball bounced across the surface of the Moon. Inside was Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on another world. After coming to rest, the Soviet Union’s lander ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.

Soviet Union, China, and India have successfully made a soft landing on the Moon. But it still must be difficult to accept that a second Intuitive Machines lander was felled by a problem with the ...

Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ...

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

WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface ... landings in the past — the then-Soviet Union, the United States, China ...

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

The United States, China, India, Japan and the former Soviet Union were in that ... landing strut in February 2024. The lander made a soft touchdown on the moon but ultimately tripped onto its ...

The United States, China, India, Japan and the former Soviet Union were ... during live coverage of its moon landing this week, declaring that its Blue Ghost lander was the “first fully ...

The company’s first lunar lander, Odysseus ... The United States, China, India, Japan and the former Soviet Union were in that exclusive club. But Odie’s trip wasn’t perfect.