Another moon exploration from Houston-based Intuitive Machines has toppled. A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned ...

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 ...

A new study shows that these dark UV ovals are common, appearing at the south pole ... Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has ...

Athena’s landing was the closest a spacecraft has come to the south pole, just 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. That’s where NASA is targeting for its first landing by astronauts since the ...

A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, a drone and rovers for NASA and other customers ... was upright near the moon's south pole — standing 4.7 meters tall ...

NASA's Athena Moon lander will land near the Moon's South Pole today. This mission aims to gain insights into lunar resources like water ice. Athena's data could influence future missions and ...

Intuitive Machines confirmed that its lunar lander, Athena, touched down on the Moon at approximately 11:30 a.m. CST on Thursday (12:30 p.m.). The company’s IM-2 mission is part of NASA’s CLPS ...

US space agency NASA was all set for a landing on the moon’s south pole on Thursday. This mission will join the growing fleet of spacecraft missions, including from India, mapping the lunar ...

NASA's Athena lunar lander ... Athena was designed to land near the Moon’s South Pole, a region rich in scientific and resource opportunities. Its designated landing site, Mons Mouton, is ...