For the company’s second attempt, it sent the 15.6-foot (4.8-meter) tall hexagonal Athena lander to the vast Mons Mouton plateau — closer to the lunar south pole than any mission before it.

For the company's second attempt, it sent the 15.6-foot tall hexagonal Athena lander to the vast Mons Mouton plateau closer to the lunar south pole than ... reach Mars. Athena aims to deploy ...

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south ... 630 km from the south pole, and scientists considered it the best bet to solve the ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander touches down on the Moon's south pole, but at an awkward angle, raising concerns about its orientation and potential impact on its mission.

However, NASA and many in the science community view the moon as a launching point in sending humanity to Mars — and IM-2 ...

IM-2 is scheduled to land on the moon's south pole ... humanity to Mars — and IM-2 just may prove this to be true. When IM-2 lands on Mons Mouton on the moon's south pole on March 6, IM-2 ...

Athena’s target landing site is located closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle ... Athena’s software includes a map of craters within the area. The algorithm identifies ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will map the Moon’s water, tracking its location, form, and changes. Mission focuses on the Moon’s ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission will launch no earlier than February 26th, aiming to land on the Moon's south pole around March ... − and then next frontier, Mars," said Nicky Fox, associate ...