Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander, IM-1, that toppled upon landing in Feb. 2024.
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south poleAfter a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...
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