5 days ago · After the launch, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander, Athena, will spend approximately one week in transit to the Moon before landing on the lunar surface no earlier than Thursday, March 6. The lander will carry NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to further our understanding of the Moon’s environment and help prepare ...

1 day ago · Lunar lander Athena is packed and ready to explore the moon: Here’s what on board Here's a look at just five of the tech instruments that will be aboard Intuitive Machines' lander, as well as ...

1 day ago · Following launch, the solar-powered Athena will set course for a four- to five-day journey to lunar orbit. The lander will touch down 1.5 to three days later, then operate on the lunar surface for ...

1 day ago · Several lunar rovers are also riding along with the Athena spacecraft, including a suitcase-sized vehicle designed to roam around the landing site and snap 3D images of the moon's south polar terrain.

2 days ago · Space Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena set to blast off to the moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to launch a number of missions, including a private lunar lander, a lunar satellite ...

2 days ago · The new lunar lander, Athena, will carry NASA technology on a mission to hunt for water beneath the moon's surface as the space agency prepares to send astronauts back under its Artemis campaign.

Jan 28, 2025 · Commanded using Intuitive Machines’ commercial Lunar Data Network, IM-2 will be the Company’s second of four manifested lunar missions as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (“CLPS”) initiative.

6 days ago · HOUSTON, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, completed all integration milestones and is safely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch.

Feb 11, 2025 · In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe and other novel technologies to the moon. An artist’s rendering...

18 hours ago · Intuitive Machines out of Texas is sending a second lunar lander, this time Athena, to the moon, where it will drill for water, ice and other gases.