However, Firefly has noted that, unlike its predecessor later in the year, Intuitive Machines, this lander has completed an upright landing. Firefly plans to capture images from the Moon ...

Japan-based company Ispace will attempt to safely land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon this week after the lunar lander spent months in orbit.

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has had some luck getting its lunar landers to the surface of the moon, but hasn’t had any luck keeping them upright. The Houston-based company flying its ...

A few weeks after ispace's second Moon landing attempt ended in a crash, the Japanese company said it had already figured out the problem: the Resilience lander couldn't tell where it was in position ...

Second moon lander in a week touches down, but unclear if still upright March 6, 2025 Updated Thu., March 6, 2025 at 9:16 p.m. Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander on Wednesday enters orbit ...

Resilience, a spacecraft built by Japan-based company Ispace, crashed while attempting to touch down on the moon. If successful, it would have been the first private-sector lunar lander built outside ...

A startup is aiming to become the first commercial company in Japan to successfully land on the moon, and also deliver the first European-built rover to the lunar surface.

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago. Full Episode Wednesday, Jun 11 ...

a little more than an hour after it started maneuvers to descend from a low orbit around the moon. The company said the lander was in an “upright, stable” position. “We have confirmation # ...

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago.

The chunky spacecraft touched down "softly" and in an upright, stable position on its ... made and stable before the lander's trip to the moon. In addition, Blue Ghost executed its first engine ...