Flight controllers struggle to confirm status of Intuitive Machines’ probe in firm’s second lunar landing in just over a year

A private lander from Houston-based Intuitive Machines, named Athena, landed on the Moon near the lunar south pole. The status is still being...

The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and...

"Landing on the moon is extremely hard." A 15-foot-tall spacecraft had an imperfect landing on the moon.The NASA-funded mission to the moon, operated...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has touched down safely on the moon.

A lunar lander has touched down on the moon, with the company Firefly the first private outfit to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or...

"T-4 days until we land on the Moon." Over a half-century after astronauts walked on the moon, landing remains a daunting endeavor.On March 2,...

WASHINGTON, United States — A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to...

It meant the spacecraft was unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries.

The lunar lander is the first of three robotic spacecraft aiming to set down on the moon this year.