Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter view of the lander from moon orbit.

"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

Athena then began a series of three maneuvers that ended Sunday to help correct its moon-bound trajectory before making it to lunar orbit Monday, according to NASA. Intuitive Machines expects ...

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface ... Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera from above, from orbit, and we’ll confirm that over the coming days ...

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander has been making loops around the moon since Monday, when the spacecraft fired its main engine for about eight minutes to steer itself into lunar orbit.

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...