Moon lander Athena attempts touchdown on historic water-hunting mission Intuitive Machines' Athena lander attempts a ...

Athena is scheduled for touchdown on Thursday at 12:32 p.m. ET and hopes to succeed where its predecessor faltered.

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.

A live stream of the event, cohosted by NASA and Intuitive Machines, is set to begin about an hour before landing. If ...