Lunar Lander Trips and Dies Inside South Pole Crater
Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt to land near Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole,
Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday landing time of 12:32 p.m., the company has confirmed on its website that its IM-2 Nova-C class lunar lander is on its side — a fate that matches its first lander, IM-1, that toppled upon landing in Feb. 2024.
Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown attempt.
A private company launches another lunar lander toward the moon with a target touchdown at the south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company launches another lunar lander toward the moon with a target touchdown at the south pole.
Private Lunar Lander Is Declared Dead After Landing Sideways in a Crater Near the Moon's South Pole
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines.
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.
Private Intuitive Machines moon lander fell over inside crater at lunar south pole, photo reveals
For the second time in as many years, a private Intuitive Machines lunar lander has tipped over on the moon. After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena.
Athena moon mission comes to early end after lander tips over in off-target touchdown in a crater
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...
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Latest findings from the South Pole Telescope bolster standard cosmological model
This relic light is known as the Cosmic Microwave Background. In a new study, scientists used observational data of this first light—collected from the South Pole Telescope located at the ...
Moon Photo Reveals How Lunar Landing Just Went Wrong
The Athena moon lander beamed home a poignant lunar view. Soon after, its mission ended.
Intuitive Machines' lander gets up-close look of moon ahead of landing: See photos
Intuitive Machines' Athena could be the second U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in a week after Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...
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MIT to send 3D camera, mini-rover, human voice record to Moon's South Pole
The payloads to the Moon include cutting-edge tech like a depth-mapping camera, a thumb-sized mini-rover, and a record with ...
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander beams back first images of Earth after launch: See photos
The lunar lander built by aerospace company Intuitive Machines launched Wednesday on an eight-day journey for its ...
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What was the Race to the South Pole?
FATIMA: Who shall we look up today? OLLIE: What about an explorer who went to the South Pole? FATIMA: Okay, sounds good. Holo-Lab, can we meet an explorer who went to the South Pole? HOLO-LAB ...