NASA's Athena lander will land on the moon
Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serry joins “The Faulkner Focus” to discuss NASA's lunar lander heading to the lunar surface and the stranded astronaut denying claims that politics played a role in delaying his return.
Lunar lander lands on the moon earlier Thursday, but controllers on the ground were unable to confirm the condition of the Athena lander after landing, the Associated Press reported. Apart from its condition, it is also unclear where the ship landed.
The lander, owned by Intuitive Machines, carried an ice drill, a drone and two rovers. Athena was apparently able to contact her dispatchers, Associated Press This was reported with reference to officials.
Mission director and co-founder Tim Crane was heard telling the team to “keep working on the problem” despite the ship sending apparent “confession” to the team in Texas.
This photo provided by NASA shows Intuitive Machines' Athena lander approaching the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (NASA via AP)
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NASA and intuitive machines ended the online broadcast and announced that they would hold a press conference on Athena's status later on Thursday.
This undated image released by Intuitive Machines shows Intuitive Machines' newest lunar lander. (Intuitive machines via access point)
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Last year, Intuitive Machine saw the Odyssey lander make it to the Moon but end up landing sideways, putting extra pressure on today's landing.
In this image, the private lunar module Blue Ghost lands on the Moon with a special delivery for NASA on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace, via AP)
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Athena is the second ship, land on the moon this week after Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost landed on Sunday.
“You all failed the landing. We're on the moon,” said Firefly's Will Coogan, the lander's chief engineer. The landing of Blue Ghost made Firefly Aerospace the first private company to send a spacecraft to the Moon without crashing or crashing.
Fox News' Landon Minon contributed to this report.
