Photo taken on the moon shows what went wrong with an American space company's latest mission
Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its side.
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A new company just stamped its name on the moon
Moon landings were once exclusive to government agencies, but Firefly Aerospace is now the second company to do it.
Why 3 private space missions are on their way to the moon right now
The companies Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace, and ispace are all preparing to land on the moon. A new era of lunar wealth is coming.
Photos from space show the Texas company Firefly Aerospace preparing to land on the moon for the first time
Firefly's Blue Ghost mission is snapping stunning photos on its way to a lunar landing attempt. They show a new era of moon missions is beginning.
The International Space Station is hidden in this gorgeous photo of the moon. Can you spot it?
The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.
What Trump's second term means for space and why one expert is 'hugely optimistic'
The Trump and Musk alliance could speed up the next human moon landing and Starship's first mission to Mars.
'Fly Me to the Moon' explores the ultimate space race conspiracy theory. Here's what's fact and fiction in the movie.
"Fly Me to the Moon" leans into the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked. But there are some moments of truth in the movie.
NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military
Nelson has regularly warned that the world may face dire consequences if China reaches the surface of the moon first, which it plans to do by 2030.
Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways
Moon landings are so complex that even the tiniest mistakes have caused missions to crash or burn. These photos from space explain why.
Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon lander because somebody forgot to flip a switch before launch
Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon landing after someone forgot to flip a switch before launch. The Odysseus lander is now sideways on the moon.
The first private company just landed on the moon. Here's how they did it.
A Houston company made history by landing the first commercial US spacecraft on the moon, more than 50 years after the Apollo missions ended.
A sculpture by Jeff Koons has become the first 'authorized' artwork on the moon
Jeff Koon's "Moon Phases" was launched into space with NASA's historic moon return on February 15. The sculpture is a far cry from his earlier works.
Watch the video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and hitting a snag, with $118 million on the line
Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander touched down on the moon on Thursday. NASA's livestream of mission control shows the tense moment of landing.
NASA is back on the moon — with the first commercial lunar landing ever
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years with help from a $118 million NASA contract.
Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works
Japan's SLIM probe lost a thruster and landed upside-down on the moon, but it still woke up and started sending pictures to Earth.
A new space photo of Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon shows why it's not generating any power
Japan successfully landed its first spacecraft softly on the moon last week but the solar panels on board aren't generating power. A new photo shows why.
After Peregrine failed to land on the moon, Astrobotic still plans to launch another lunar lander in November
Astrobotic's Peregrine didn't make it to the moon, but the company still plans to partner with NASA to get VIPER to the lunar surface with Griffin.
Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon for the first time, but the mission didn't go exactly according to plan
Japan successfully landed its SLIM spacecraft on the moon but the spacecraft is not generating solar power.
It looks like China will leapfrog the US in the race to the moon after a fuel leak ruined a pivotal mission
China is on track to launch the Chang'e 6 mission to the far side of the moon in the first half of 2024.
NASA's $93 billion moon-landing program looks really bad right now
NASA said it won't fly astronauts to the moon until at least 2025 and delayed landings even longer, citing safety concerns and technical issues.