A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole. But flight controllers in Texas cannot confirm ...

IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost ...

A view from Athena released Tuesday, passing over its landing spot. It has been orbiting the moon every two hours, waiting for the sun to rise on the intended landing site at Mons ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition was unclear as mission controllers rushed to understand its status.

Blue Ghost successfully landed on the moon on Sunday (March 2), touching down in Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") — a large ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the ...

A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific ...

The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

Intuitive Machines made it to the moon last year, but tumbled over. This time it aims to stick the landing and deliver NASA cargo closer to the lunar south pole than any other mission.

Video of a private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touching down on the moon Sunday was released this week.

It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova-C Odysseus lander built by Intuitive Machines. It landed, toppled over, ...