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Another moon landing on tap today, this time at south pole

Another moon landing on tap today, this time at the south pole

A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the south pole.

Space.com on MSN · 20h

Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown attempt.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Colorado-based Lunar Outpost behind rover set to explore Moon's south pole for first time

Following a successful launch of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, the team from Colorado-based Lunar Outpost was back to work.

Intuitive Machines, Moon and Lunar lander

Reuters · 6h

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander closing in on lunar touchdown site

Intuitive Machines sent final commands to its uncrewed Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it closed in on a landing spot near the moon's south pole, the company's second attempt to score a clean touchdown after making a lopsided landing last year.

CBS News on MSN · 4h

Moon lander from Intuitive Machines ready for descent to lunar surface

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander will deploy two small rovers, a rocket-powered "hopper," and use a powerful drill to probe the lunar surface.

CNN · 1h

Intuitive Machines attempts to land historic water-hunting mission on the moon

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.

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Lunar Ice Breakthrough: A New Discovery That Could Fuel Space Exploration

Could the Moon be hiding more ice than we thought? New data from India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests just that.

Dolphins Wire7d

Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission launches from Kennedy Space Center to lunar south pole

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. Its next stop - the moon's south pole.

USA Today8d

Lunar lander Athena is packed and ready to explore the moon: Here’s what on board

Hitching a ride aboard the lunar lander is a fleet of technology that NASA and other private companies paid to have delivered to the moon's south pole. During about 10 days of operations ...

Space on MSN2d

Sunrise on the moon! Private Blue Ghost lander captures amazing shot after historic lunar touchdown (photo)

Blue Ghost is getting to work after its private moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has captured a gorgeous ...

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