Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown ...

But the real treat was the footage beamed back to mission control of the moon's mysterious far side, only seen firsthand by 24 people, all Apollo astronauts in the 1960s and 1970s. The video ...

The Athena spacecraft, which is on a mission known as IM-2, is now one of two American-made uncrewed lunar landers on their way to the moon's surface. Firefly Aerospace, also based in Texas ...

IM-2 is flying via NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which puts agency science and technology instruments on private moon landers. The goal is to gather a wealth of ...

The beam transmitter would need to operate from ... The ability to maintain propulsion over weeks or months also simplifies mission planning by minimizing the need for precise timing and alignment.

Private Athena moon lander enters lunar orbit ahead of March 6 touchdown try Athena's mission comes during a particularly active time for spacecraft around the moon. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost ...