Intuitive Machines lands near lunar south pole, but fate of private Athena probe unclear
IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost lander down in the Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") region of the moon's northern hemisphere just this past Sunday (March 2).
Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the ...
The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on ...
The commercially and privately constructed Athena spacecraft landed on the moon Thursday, the second such device to do so in ...
The destination is Mons Mouton, one of NASA 's potential landing locations for its Artemis astronauts. Intuitive Machines ' ...
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander will deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful drill to ...
The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
Athena is targeting highland terrain about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole, where it will deploy three ...
Following a successful launch of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...
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