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IM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early
S4 · 06 Mar 2025 · Intuitive Machines · Mons Mouton, Moon
Record
| Company | Intuitive Machines |
| Industry | Space robotics |
| Type(s) | mission-loss |
| Date | 06 Mar 2025 (day precision) |
| Time of day | 12:31 ET |
| Location | Mons Mouton, Moon |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 lander, total mission loss |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Intuitive Machines' second lander, Athena, touched down roughly 200 meters off-target near the lunar south pole and fell on its side inside a shadowed crater; loss of sunlight on its solar panels drained its batteries and ended the mission early.
Primary source
Publisher: SpaceNews · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
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| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Mar 2025 | IM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early | SpaceNews | SpaceNews |
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