Yet it fuels ongoing lunar pursuits. The United States finds itself in the middle of a new space race. This time, that race ...

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A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander is ...

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REVISE THE ARTEMIS CAMPAIGN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. INTUITIVE MACHINES IS SET TO LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE LUNAR LANDER WILL BE A RESOURCE TO SEARCH FOR WATER BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE ...

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander has made it to the moon. The Athena lander fired its engines for eight minutes and 12 seconds on Monday (March 3), slowing the spacecraft down and entering ...

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 have fallen ...