Moon photo reveals how lunar landing just went wrong
The Athena moon lander beamed home a poignant lunar view. Soon after, its mission ended. After performing excellently on its flight to and around the moon, Intuitive Machine's Athena spacecraft experienced a landing mishap that resulted in the 15-foot-tall robot lying on its side.
Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration
The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen engineers in Firefly's mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away.
Two lunar landings in a week for NASA's private moon fleet
More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down last February.
Moon Rover Is Stuck Inside Toppled Athena Lunar Lander
The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover aboard the toppled Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander survived the landing that took out its parent spacecraft and even managed to transmit some data from the moon's surface.
Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out
Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.
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Robot Survived Failed Lunar Landing But Was Trapped Inside and Died Afterward
But in a cruel twist, Athena's sideways landing blocked MAPP's only exit ... Intuitive Machines has two more Moon missions scheduled with NASA for 2026 and 2027, while Lunar Outpost says it's ...
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is ...
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'We're on the moon!' Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA
Blue Ghost lands on moon! 🌕 Blue Ghost just became the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. 'Stuck' NASA ...
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon
NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and ...
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
Blue Ghost Riders on moon: This company is digging into lunar surface for dark secrets of Earth's satellite
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, which successfully landed on the Moon on March 2, 2025, has made strides in exploring ...