landed on the moon while still moving sideways. A landing leg broke and the spacecraft tipped over on its side, limiting the mission's scientific return. Intuitive's stock fell 20% in the wake of ...

The six-legged spacecraft, which got off the ground last Wednesday from Florida, has since been circling the moon once about every two hours ahead of a planned landing attempt Thursday ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission, a part of NASA's $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, was on track for its target landing at 12:32 p.m. Thursday near the moon's ...

Intuitive Machines, an American space company, launched its lunar lander Athena to the moon in late February, but the craft had a rough touchdown, landing in a crater and flipping over on its side.

Before any experiments can begin, Intuitive Machines must stick the landing—a challenge made harder by the moon's lack of atmosphere, which rules out parachutes and forces spacecraft to rely on ...

A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this ...