Intuitive Machines' Athena lander died inside a small crater near the moon's south pole, photos by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show.

The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two more moon landing ...

Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...

The water may be locked inside rock and regolith – broken rock and dust – or it may collect as surface water ice inside the ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic ...

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

Recent moon-mapping missions have found evidence that water exists in permanently shadowed craters near the lunar south pole, the same region where NASA plans to land astronauts with its Artemis 3 ...

Three reasons are often offered for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon: Much knowledge about the solar system can be gleaned from the moon, especially in the eternally shadowed craters in ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

The Athena moon lander beamed home a poignant lunar view. Soon after, its mission ended.