Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover called MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform), which was built by the ...

Two valleys extending away from a giant crater suggest that upcoming Artemis missions are more likely to sample ancient lunar ...

The dark nooks and crannies of the lunar surface could harbor life, according to new research. In a preprint study presented ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown attempt.

from the lunar south pole after launching atop a SpaceX rocket on February 26 from Florida. “We don’t believe we’re in the correct attitude on the surface of the moon, yet again,” Steve ...

landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander is "alive," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said, but it's not yet known what mission ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon's south pole — standing 4.7 meters tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago.

CEO Steve Altemus said the company is in the same predicament with its new lander named Athena, which managed to touch down near the moon’s south pole at 12:31 p.m. Thursday, but didn’t stick ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...