Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine what went wrong.

It managed to send back pictures confirming its position, and activate a few experiments, before going silent.

Operation Polar Star III was categorized as a diplomatic ... The first time that a Chilean president arrives at the South Pole“ proves ”Chile's Antarctic vocation,“ Boric also argued.

The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.

The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn't quite go as planned.

Update for 1 pm ET: Intuitive Machines landed its private Athena spacecraft near the south pole of the moon today, but the exact fate of the probe is unclear. The company confirmed that the Athena ...

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the Moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago.

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A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the Moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said on Friday. The news came less than 24 hours ...

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