Intuitive Machines Aims for Moon Landing

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Reaches The Moon Today—Here’s How To Watch
A lunar lander built by Intuitive Machines is scheduled to descend to the moon’s surface today, potentially marking the second landing by a private company on the moon in the last week, roughly a year after the aerospace firm completed the first lunar landing by an American spacecraft in decades.
Live updates: 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.
Intuitive Machines Aims for Moon Landing on Thursday: How to Watch
Landing on the moon is hard, but Intuitive Machines will try for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon drill.
Intuitive Machines' lander gets up-close look of moon ahead of landing: See photos
Intuitive Machines' Athena could be the second U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in a week after Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost made it Sunday.
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander set to land on moon for historic water-hunting mission
Intuitive Machines announced that its 15-foot-tall robot Athena is expected to land on the moon’s south pole around 12:30 p.m. ET.
Watch Live as Intuitive Machines Tries to Land on the Moon for the Second Time
Athena is scheduled for touchdown on Thursday at 12:32 p.m. ET and hopes to succeed where its predecessor faltered.
Intuitive Machines set for historic Moon landing
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, named Athena, near the intended region landing site, close to Mons Mouton, on the Moon. Screenshot: Intuitive Machines/X
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