This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...

The lander ended up on its side in a shallow crater in the Moon’s Mons Mouton region, 820 feet (250 meters) from its targeted ...

Athena, the private lander sent to the moon was declared dead after it landed on its side. Intuitive Machines said it did ...

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 ...

The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover aboard the toppled Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander survived ...

Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar ...

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 ...

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"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and achieved our mission objectives had it been given the opportunity." Intuitive ...

Intuitive Machines' most recent lunar lander has suffered the same fate as the exploration company's initial one. The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface ...

This photo from Intuitive Machines shows the Athena lander on its side in a crater on the moon. A crescent Earth is visible above the lunar horizon.

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C.