Odysseus, the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, got tripped up just before touchdown and now rests horizontally on its side on the lunar surface. Steve Altemus, CEO of ...

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, coming down faster than expected and moving slightly to one side at the moment of touchdown Thursday, apparently caught a footpad on the lunar surface and ...

The image captured Odysseus near its landing site at the moon's south pole. The first photo of the Odysseus lunar lander on the moon, the first U.S. spacecraft to make a soft landing on the lunar ...

The Odysseus lunar lander came in hot and fast during a dramatic moon landing nearly a week ago, which appeared to send the spacecraft toppling onto its side. The position of the craft seemed to ...

The craft – dubbed Odysseus – landed some 250,000 miles away near the south pole of the moon around 6:23 p.m. ET — although communication between the rover and crews on the ground were weak ...

Odysseus, which touched down on the moon last week, has about three hours left before Intuitive Machines puts it "to sleep" in hopes that the lunar lander can be woken back up in a few weeks ...

As Odysseus fades, another lunar lander unexpectedly popped back to life. JAXA, the Japanese space agency, reported on Monday that its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, had revived .

A history-making private lander has closed its eyes on the moon — but perhaps not forever. Houston-based company Intuitive Machines shut down its robotic Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday (Feb.