Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander, IM-1, that toppled upon landing in Feb. 2024.
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...
Hopes were high for Intuitive Machines' second lunar landing, but the Athena lander has ended up on its side on the moon's ...
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south poleAfter a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...
Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in ...
The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...
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