Intuitive Machines was set on Wednesday for the launch of its second moon lander, aiming to make the latest private U.S.

Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft is set to launch atop a SpaceX rocket Wednesday, aiming to land closer to the moon’s south pole than any vehicle has traveled before.

The Intuitive Machines Mission is designed to lay the groundwork for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a ...

Intuitive Machines is set to launch its second moon lander, Athena, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Improvements to the lander's laser altimeter aim to avoid past mistakes. Loaded with scientific ...

The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which ...

Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the moon, although the triumph was ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company, is launching a lunar mission to search for water ice on the moon, a crucial step ...

Intuitive Machines out of Texas is sending a second lunar lander, this time Athena, to the moon, where it will drill for ...

This time IM-2’s lander, Athena, will seek to stick its landing and ferry a robust array of science and technology experiments to the vicinity of Mons Mouton, a plateau near the lunar south pole.

It’s next lunar lander, Athena, is expected to lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket later this month. In its first round of grants last month, the commission awarded $21.5 million for two projects.

Athena is a cylindrical six-legged lander that will touchdown about 150 kilometres from the lunar south pole, closer than Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander which was about 600 kilometres away. After a ...