Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, snapped some amazing shots of its home planet shortly after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 26.

If you haven’t been hit with the overview effect in a while, take a moment to look at these beautiful pictures from Athena, a Moon lander launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket earlier this week alongside other payloads.

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena is headed to the moon as part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for NASA's Artemis program. Leroy Chiao, a former astronaut, joins CBS News with more details.

Intuitive Machines designed and will operate the Athena lunar lander on the company's second voyage to the moon's south pole to hunt for water.

The Moon lander built by Intuitive Machines (IM) is currently cruising in space after its successful launch by SpaceX. A few hours after launch at 5:46 am IST on Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, IM said in an update that the lander is in good health and preparations for main engine firing to refine its trajectory are underway.

Three private lunar landers are on their way to the moon right now, a surge of exploration never before seen in spaceflight history.

Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in the moon's crust.

A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black crater that never sees the sun. Intuitive Machines’ lander,