Athena lunar lander makes it to the moon — but its condition remains unknown

A lunar lander made its touchdown on the moon earlier connected Thursday, but controllers connected the crushed were incapable to corroborate the Athena lander’s information upon landing, the Associated Press reported. In summation to its condition, the determination of wherever the trade landed is besides unclear.

The lander, which is owned by Intuitive Machines, was carrying an crystal drill, a drone and 2 rovers. Athena was seemingly capable to pass with its controllers, the Associated Press reported, citing officials.

Mission manager and co-founder Tim Crain was heard telling the squad to "keep moving connected the problem," contempt the trade sending evident "acknowledgments" to the squad successful Texas.

This photograph provided by NASA shows the Intuitive Machines' Athena lander approaching the aboveground of the satellite connected Thursday, March 6, 2025. (NASA via AP)

FIRST COMMERCIAL MOON LANDER 'ODYSSEUS' LANDS ON MOON

NASA and Intuitive Machines ended the online unrecorded watercourse and announced that they would clasp a quality league connected the presumption of Athena aboriginal connected Thursday.

In this undated representation released by Intuitive Machines, Intuitive Machines’ newest lunar lander is displayed. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

PRIVATE LUNAR LANDER BLUE GHOST LANDS ON THE MOON WITH EQUIPMENT FOR NASA

Last year, Intuitive Machine saw its Odysseus lander marque it to the moon, lone to extremity up landing sideways, putting other unit connected today’s landing. 

In this rendering backstage lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down connected the satellite with a peculiar transportation for NASA Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

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Athena is the 2nd trade to land connected the moon this week aft Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost made touchdown connected Sunday. 

"You each stuck the landing. We’re connected the moon," Firefly’s Will Coogan, main technologist for the lander, said. Blue Ghost’s landing made Firefly Aerospace the archetypal backstage institution to enactment a spacecraft connected the satellite without it crashing oregon falling over.

Fox News' Landon Minon contributed to this report.