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 ... designed to map the Moon's water ...

A private firm sent off yet another lunar lander, but with its sights this time on the south pole of the moon with ... which will map the distribution of water on the moon over the next several ...

Athena’s mission to the lunar south pole If successful, Athena will join Firefly Aerospace ... The size of a four-wheeled, 22 ...

Inductees include Roald Amundsen, leader of the first team to reach the South Pole; Sir Edmund Hillary ... transits could still be plotted across a globe not entirely subdued by technology ...

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 ...

IM-2, which will attempt its landing later in March, is targeting the moon’s south pole, a region of arguably ... creating a 3D map of the surrounding location. “This is a location that ...

Intuitive Machine's lander toppled over inside a crater on the Moon's south pole after making its landing attempt this week.

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, launched on February 26, aims to land at Mons Mouton near the moon's south pole, distinct from ... human presence to inspire the world for generations to come," Nicky ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may ...

A Texas company's privately owned lunar lander was deemed non-functional after landing off-target sideways in a crater close to the Moon's south pole, the firm said on Friday. The mission to drop ...