The IM-2 lunar lander, named Athena, ended up on its side when it touched down on March 6, 2025.
Credit: Intuitive Machines
NASA has selected Houston-based Intuitive Machines for a fifth mission to fly payloads to the Moon’s surface. The contract, worth $180.4 million, calls for the delivery of seven science and technology payloads to Mons Malapert, a ridge near the lunar south pole, aboard the company’s larger Nova-D...
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