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

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, could be the second commercial spacecraft to land on the ...

The destination is Mons Mouton, one of NASA 's potential landing locations for its Artemis astronauts. Intuitive Machines ' ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander will deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful drill to ...

MAPP, built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, will touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander at 12:32 p.m. ET ...

It’s hitching a ride to the moon to find out whether robots could someday repair spaceships like the one carrying it.

The arrivals of two lunar landers on the moon this week bodes well for a Big Island company’s plan to set up a permanent ...

Intuitive Machines sent final commands to its uncrewed Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it closed in on a landing spot near ...

Technology developed by Georgia Tech researchers and launched Wednesday in a NASA mission will “help pave the way for American astronauts to explore the Moon and beyond.” ...

Athena is targeting highland terrain about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole, where it will deploy three ...

Onboard the IM-2 lander is a payload by Lonestar, a Florida-based startup, which merges art with data backup and technology.

Intuitive Machines made it to the moon last year, but tumbled over. This time it aims to stick the landing and deliver NASA cargo closer to the lunar south pole than any other mission.