The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for ...

NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A ...

Onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is Athena, Intuitive Machine’s second moon lander, with instruments designed to dig up lunar soil and search for compounds like frozen water.

Houston-based Intuitive Machines successfully completed the second launch of its lunar lander mission at 7:17 p.m. EST ...

The companies Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace, and ispace are all preparing to land on the moon. A new era of lunar ...

Once deployed, the IM-2 mission's lunar lander, Athena, will start its 8-day trip to the South Pole of the Moon.

The uncrewed lander will carry both NASA and commercial payloads to the lunar surface in preparation for future missions.

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, February 26 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to a lunar transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The latest contender is a standout: The spacecraft, called Athena, was built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which so ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

A SpaceX launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission of the lunar lander Athena lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on ...