Houston-based Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander launched Wednesday evening from Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company, is launching a lunar mission to search for water ice on the moon, a crucial step towards future human habitation.

While the number of cases is on the rise across the state, Houston and Harris County officials gave an update.

Intuitive Machines’ Athena spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX rocket Wednesday, aiming to land closer to the moon’s south pole than any vehicle has traveled before.

Built in partnership with the Canadian, European, Japanese and Russian space agencies, the International Space Station has been a staple of NASA’s human spaceflight initiatives for the last three decades, serving as the primary location where astronauts live and conduct research in orbit.

Texas has become a popular destination for companies, with many relocating their headquarters to the Lone Star State. Here's the list.

Two Army officers provide expertise and leadership to NASA’s human space flight program while following their personal and professional interests.

IM-2 is flying via NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which puts agency science and technology instruments on private moon landers. The goal is to gather a wealth of cost-efficient lunar data ahead of the arrival of Artemis astronauts a few years from now.

"If I were to do a do-over, I would have focused more energy" on building up Houston's investors, the former Ion executive director said during the launch event for a new initiative.