Chandrayaan-3’s ChaSTE provided crucial temperature data from the Moon’s high-latitude regions, enhancing the understanding ...

Intuitive Machines got its Athena lunar lander on the moon’s south pole Thursday on a mission with NASA payloads, but tipped over similar to its Odysseus lander in 2024.

The Houston-based company's second lunar lander, named Athena, touched down at the Mons Mouton region of the moon's south pole on schedule today (March 6) at 12:31 p.m. EST (1731 GMT). It wasn't a ...

To do it near the South Pole, Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment, a thermal probe on the lander, inserted a needle into the lunar soil and used ten sensors to measure temperatures at ...

This photo provided by Intuitive Machines on Friday, March 7, 2025, shows the Athena, a private lunar lander, after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole. (Intuitive Machines via AP) ...

Update for 1 pm ET: Intuitive Machines landed its private Athena spacecraft near the south pole of the moon today, but the exact fate of the probe is unclear. The company confirmed that the Athena ...

Where did IM-2 land on the moon? The IM-2 landed in the lunar south pole region, roughly 820 feet from its intended landing site in the moon's Mons Mouton region. The area is thought to contain ...

For its second attempt, the company sent the hexagonal Athena lander to the Mons Mouton plateau, closer to the lunar south pole than any mission before it. The team targeted a 12:32 pm ET (1732 ...