A space robot said "goodnight" to the moon as it completed its mission, capturing the first high-definition images of a lunar ...

A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a "final goodbye" back to Earth. The ...

There was a watch party at Columbia headquarters in Portland, with hundreds of eyes glazed to projectors awaiting the landing. Just before 10 a.m., the lander, Athena, finally reached the moon ...

When the Blue Ghost lander reached the lunar surface on March 2, Firefly Aerospace become the first commercial company to fully succeed in a soft moon landing at the first attempt. A week on ...

Intuitive Machines, an American space company, launched its lunar lander Athena to the moon in late February, but the craft had a rough touchdown, landing in a crater and flipping over on its side.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the ...

While Odysseus was lauded in 2024 for being the first commercial landing on the moon, Firefly’s Blue Ghost — which landed upright — has now carried out “the first fully successful ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...

Intuitive Machines' original lunar lander, Odysseus, also toppled onto its side after coming in hot and fast during a moon landing in February of last year. Odysseus' faulty laser altimeter ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C.