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.

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 Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than ...

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear. Its intended landing area was Mons Mouton, an area believed to have water ...

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

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 ...

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 ...