The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" moon lander captured views of the SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage and Earth post ...

Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | footage: Intuitive Machines | ...

IM-2 will be the closest landing to date, at 50% closer than IM-1. That area of the moon is very cold and contains volatiles, or materials which can quickly change from liquid to solid to gas.

For IM-2, Intuitive Machines has given its Nova-C lander the name Athena, honoring the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. (The IM-2 mission team has affectionately shortened the name to Addy.) ...

IM-2 is the second mission by Intuitive Machines, both flown as part of the NASA CLPS program. The IM-1 mission landed on the moon in February 2024 but hit the surface faster than expected, ...

In a statement March 7, the company said its IM-2 mission was over less than 24 hours after the Athena spacecraft landed, but fell on its side, in the Mons Mouton region near the south pole of the ...

“IM-2 has to be a lot more accurate than IM-1,” said Intuitive Machines’ navigation lead, Mike Hansen, during a company podcast interview last year. “So, IM-1 we could get away with about ...

IM-2 is scheduled to land on the moon's south pole on March 6, following lessons learned from the IM-1 mission. The Falcon 9 rocket turned twilight into day as it leaped off the launch pad — its ...

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission has ended after its lunar lander, Athena, apparently toppled over as it touched down and came to rest on its side yesterday in a shadowed crater, ...

IM-2, which launched on Feb. 26 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is the second moon mission for Houston-based Intuitive Machines, whose IM-1 lander, Odysseus, became the first American ...

IM-2 is set to launch no earlier than 7:02 p.m. today from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.. Look up! February planetary alignment: Skywatchers ...

Intuitive Machine’s IM-2 mission launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week.