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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
The spacecraft, which attempted a historic landing in rugged terrain near the south pole of the moon on Thursday (March 6), had toppled on its side inside a frigid crater. A photo taken by the ...
Digital Trends4d
See the Intuitive Machines lander on its side on the moon (again)
A similar problem befell Intuitive Machines’ previous lander, the Odysseus, which also ended up tilted to one side on the moon’s surface. In that case the lander was still able to operate for ...
Gizmodo5d
Intuitive Machines Moon Lander Confirmed Dead After Toppling on Its Side
located in the southern pole region of the Moon. Images downlinked from the mission confirmed that Athena was on its side inside a crater and its batteries had died. “With the direction of the ...
Under the Radar21h
On the Silver Screen
Yet for all these trials of love that SASAMI endures on On the Silver Screen, she never wallows in her grief. “Honey crash ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its status is unknown
Intuitive Machines last year put the U.S. back on the moon despite its lander tipping on its side. Last weekend, it was joined by another Texas company’s lander. Firefly Aerospace on Sunday ...
The New York Times5d
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed ... Chang A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft ...
SpaceNews6d
IM-2 lunar lander on its side after touchdown
WASHINGTON — The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines reached the surface of the moon March 6 but appears to be resting on its side, hampering its planned science and technology ...
FOX 10 Phoenix5d
Intuitive Machines' second moon lander touches down but could be on its side – again
The first was Sunday when Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost mission on the near side of the moon. On Thursday, the Nova-C lander named Athena by Intuitive Machines landed in a different ...
The New York Times6d
Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...
AOL4d
Athena moon lander ended up on its side, bringing mission to an early end
A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar south pole and tipped over on its side. Given a low sun angle and the ...
BBC6d
Private spacecraft lands on Moon - but may be on its side
A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the ...
Popular Science6d
New evidence for water lurking under the moon’s poles
We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...