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 Machine's second mission to the moon, IM-2, is set to launch Wednesday evening from KSC. Onboard is NASA science.

The landing site was significantly hotter ... “[The aim is] to obtain a comprehensive understanding and distribution of water ice on the moon.” The PopSci team has tested hundreds of products ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

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

Water extracted from ice could serve multiple purposes ... And these conditions are similar to those proposed for future lunar south pole landing missions, including with NASA's Artemis moon missions, ...

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 ...

The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.

Among the instruments on board are a hopping spacecraft, multiple rovers and a drill that will dig into the moon’s surface to hunt for water. Athena’s landing site near the lunar south pole is ...

Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

Such ice holds promise for future crews in its potential for conversion to drinkable water and oxygen ... spacecraft since the Apollo era to land on the moon in February 2024.

Athena is expected to land on Mons Mouton ... a small robot designed to search the moon for water. But an essential part of Athena is NASA’s PRIME-1 experiment, which includes a drill that ...