Intuitive Machines preps IM-2 mission for Moon launch this week

Early next month, a robotic lander will arrive at the Moon’s south pole bearing an eclectic suite of payloads to search for subsurface water ice. Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 is targeting a touchdown at 84.6° south latitude, just 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the pole. It will deploy an ice-mining drill and mass spectrometer, a miniaturizedContinue reading “Intuitive Machines preps IM-2 mission for Moon launch this week”
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