The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored ...

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 robotic lunar lander will fly to the moon by the end of 2025. Blue Origin is also working on the Blue Moon Mark 1, a robotic lander capable of placing up to three ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — While calling it a “stable, controlled landing” of the IM-1 mission’s lunar lander, Intuitive Machines CEO revealed that it tipped on its side when it was coming in ...

We now know why the private Athena lander toppled ... by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which puts agency science gear on private robotic moon landers.

The first was interference with the readings from Athena's laser altimeter, the instrument that helped the lander gauge its distance from the lunar surface ... on private robotic moon landers.

WASHINGTON — Problems with laser altimeters along with lighting and terrain challenges caused Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander to fall on its side when it landed on the moon in March.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Like a giant Roman candle, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into the night sky on Wednesday, carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander. Its destination is the moon ...

Intuitive Machines Earlier this year, an ill-fated lander skidded across the lunar surface and ended up lying sideways in a cold, dark crater. Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander was declared dead ...

Altoona Area High School invited students from the McAuliffe Heights Elementary School to help celebrate the completion of the Lunar Lander simulator at the Neil Armstrong Planetarium and Space ...