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Athena, Next U.S. Commercial Moon Lander, Is Set for Spectacular Lunar Science
In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...
Houston Public Media29d
Houston’s Intuitive Machines readies a second lander for a mission to the moon
The company’s second lunar lander, Athena, will carry a small rover and other payloads when its launched, which is tentatively scheduled for late February. Last February, the uncrewed Odysseus ...
Space on MSN14d
Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26
The IM-2 mission will test lunar mobility, resource prospecting and the first-ever cellular network on the moon.
Space.com1mon
SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions
A six-day window for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the missions begins early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), with liftoff scheduled for 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) from Launch Complex-39B at NASA's ...
Yahoo24d
FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
landing in the southernmost location of any lunar craft before it. The lander remained functional for a week, collecting data and photos that were beamed back to Earth. Odysseus' landing not ...