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

Athena's Glitch Drags Shares Down 35% ...

A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar south pole and tipped over on its side. Given a low sun angle and the ...

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

A photo confirms that Athena landed on its side and meets the same fate as Odysseus, which also failed to land correctly on ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science.

Intuitive Machines, however, highlighted that, although Athena did not operate as intended, the lander was able to briefly operate and transmit data after touchdown. That made the mission the ...

The Athena lander is effectively dead. Intuitive Machines confirms that it ran out of energy after failing to stick its landing on the Moon. "Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface ...

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