SpaceX rocket to send Intuitive Machine's second lunar lander to the moon
Intuitive Machines out of Texas is sending a second lunar lander, this time Athena, to the moon, where it will drill for water, ice and other gases.
Wednesday’s Stacked SpaceX Launch Is Sending Groundbreaking Science to the Moon and Beyond
The Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to blast off on February 26 will contain a lunar robot, lander, and satellite, as well as a ...
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2 moon landings in 2 years? Intuitive Machines dreams big with Feb. 26 launch plan
The company's Athena lander is scheduled to launch toward the moon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday evening (Feb.
New lunar mission could pave way for moon economy
Altemus, co-founder and president of the Intuitive Machines Mission, explained that Athena, the six-legged Nova-C lander, will land in the moon's south pole region. It is capable of carrying 300 ...
NASA's EZIE is launching to study magnetic fingerprints of Earth's aurora
High above Earth's poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of ...
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Payloads bound for the moon will help navigation of moon's south polar region, search for frozen water
Three MIT payloads will soon hitch a ride to the moon in a step toward establishing a permanent base on the lunar surface. ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim ...
Lunar lander Athena is packed and ready to explore the moon: Here’s what on board
Intuitive Machines designed and will operate the Athena lunar lander on the company's second voyage to the moon's south pole ...
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Is it Lunacy to Put a Data Center on the Moon?
The idea of putting a data center on the moon raises a natural question: Why? Lonestar’s CEO Christopher Stott says it is to ...
Mining the moon for minerals could be worth billions, but astronomers warn it's bad news for science
But unfettered mining could be very bad news for scientific research, astronomers warn.
NASA Gives ‘All Clear’ for Asteroid That Seemed to Threaten Earth
The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.