SpaceX successfully launched the IM-2 mission on Thursday, marking the third moon landing mission of 2025 ... in preparation for future human explorers," NASA shared a post on X about the successful ...

The mission is expected to last approximately 10 Earth days, as the solar-powered lander will cease operations when the sun sets ... X account. What is Athena carrying to the Moon?

SpaceX launched the Athena lander on its third Moon mission of 2025, marking Intuitive Machines' second attempt at a lunar touchdown. The IM-2 mission aims to explore lunar ice deposits near the ...

The Athena lander will touch down on the moon in the coming days as the second mission in NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The company has received a number of contracts from NASA ...

This marks Intuitive Machines’ second attempt at a Moon landing. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Houston-based firm’s Athena lander and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer satellite, successfully launched ...

The lunar lander is aiming to reach the moon's south pole, where it will deploy a drone to hop into a jet-black crater that never sees the sun. Intuitive Machines' lander is on a fast track to the ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched the IM-2 mission, the third Moon landing mission of 2025 ... in preparation for future human explorers," Nasa posted on X ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The private Athena lunar lander is on its way to the moon.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Intuitive Machines, the Texas company that returned America to the Moon last year, aims to make a repeat appearance, this time delivering the first cell service to the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — A SpaceX launch Wednesday night sent both a lander and an orbiter on their way to the moon, both on the hunt for ice. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Intuitive Machines ...