The condition of the lunar lander is unknown after landing on the moon

The lander, owned by Intuitive Machines, carried an ice auger, a drone and two rovers. It appears that Athena was able to communicate with her controllers, namely… news agency Quoting officials.

Mission director and co-founder Tim Crane was heard telling the team to “keep working on the problem,” despite the rover sending an apparent “thank you and appreciation” to the team in Texas.

This image provided by NASA shows Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander approaching the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (NASA via AP)

The first commercial lunar lander, Odysseus, lands on the moon

NASA and intuitive machines They ended the live webcast and announced that they would hold a press conference on the Athens situation later on Thursday.

In this undated photo from Intuitive Machines, Intuitive Machines’ newest lunar lander is shown. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

The special lunar lander BLUE GHOST lands on the moon with equipment for NASA

Last year, Intuitive Machine saw the Odysseus lander reach the moon, but it ultimately landed sideways, adding pressure to today’s landing.

In this view, the special Blue Ghost lunar lander lands on the Moon for a special delivery to NASA on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

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Athena is the second letter of Earth on the moon This week after Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost landed on Sunday.

“You’ve all stopped landing. We’re on the moon,” said Will Cogan, Firefly’s chief lander engineer. The Blue Ghost landing made Firefly Aerospace the first private company to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling off.

Fox News’ Landon Menon contributed to this report.