Intuitive Machines is aiming for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon ...

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

A robotic lander named Athena is expected to make its final descent to the moon’s south pole on Thursday, making it the second lunar touchdown for a private U.S. company just this week. Houston-based ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.

Watch live as a private US company attempts to land a spacecraft on the Moon in a historic search for water and ice on ...