NASA’s learned a lot about the Moon since Apollo. But a perfect landing still requires incredible planning and scientific ...

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the moon has once again become a ...

It was also partially shaded by its solar panel, which reduced its power generation. But Odysseus ... with the lunar surface to preserve mission integrity. Meanwhile, the lander’s liquid methane ...

We now know why Intuitive Machine's Athena moon lander fell on its side shortly after touching down on March 6.

This was the company's second attempt to land on the Moon, with both missions having toppled over on the lunar surface.

We now know why the private Athena lander toppled ... deploying onto the lunar surface. IM-2 followed on the heels of IM-1, a CLPS mission that put Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft on ...

The first was interference with the readings from Athena's laser altimeter, the instrument that helped the lander gauge ... Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft on the moon in February 2024.

Problems with laser altimeters along with lighting and terrain challenges caused Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to ...

Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine what went wrong. It was the second moon landing this week by a Texas company under NASA ...