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 ...

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat.

But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it remained unclear whether ...

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Blue Ghost is expected to study the moon’s surface for about two weeks until lunar nightfall plunges the landing zone into extreme cold and darkness, making it all but impossible for the largely ...

Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been ...

Additionally, the craft features a mechanism to destroy lunar dust, which has long been an issue on the moon’s surface. The dust was a persistent problem for NASA’s Apollo astronauts ...

Intuitive Machines confirms that it ran out of energy after failing to stick the landing on the Moon. Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface show Athena on its side. “With the ...

The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, subsequently ending a week-long mission. The company said it received images transported from Athena on the lunar ...

“Firefly is literally and figuratively over the moon,” said Jason Kim, the CEO of Firefly Aerospace in a statement. "Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface ...

In one small step toward lunar commercialization, the first-ever privately funded lander touched down on March 2, 2025 on the moon’s surface. The lander, named Blue Ghost, launched from NASA’s Kennedy ...