Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander approached its final landing spot on the Moon early Thursday morning. It was meant to touch down autonomously near Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, at around 12:30 pm EST. But several hours later, its exact fate remains unknown. While mission control confirmed it had touched down and was generating at least some solar power, we still don't know if it's sitting upright. And while that may sound like a trivial detail, Athena's predecessor, dubbed Odyssey, didn't stick the landing during its attempt last year, falling […]

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