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As of September 2024, IM-2 is expected to be launched no earlier than January 2025. [7] In May 2024, the company shared IM-2 entered into its final assembly stage. [ 45 ] The primary payload, PRIME-1 , includes the TRIDENT ice drill to sample ice from below the lunar surface and the MSolo mass spectrometer to measure the amount of ice in the ...
IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines (IM) in February 2024 using a Nova-C lunar lander. After contact with the lunar surface on February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle. All instrument payloads remained functional and the mission was deemed a success. [6]
IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried in late February 2025 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. [3] [4] The company named this lander Athena. [5] The mission aims to uncover the presence and amount of lunar water ice using PRIME-1, which consists of a drill and mass spectrometer.
NASA selected a Nova-C mission for CLPS task order CP-11. [1] It will deliver payloads to the lunar swirl in the Reiner Gamma region. [2] In August 2021, Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its third lunar mission, IM-3. [3] As of August 2024, the launch of IM-3 is expected to take place no earlier than October 2025. [4]
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The company launched its first mission, with Nova-C spending seven days travelling to the Moon. On February 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines landed its Nova-C class lander named Odysseus IM-1 spacecraft on the Moon making the first landing by the US in more than 50 years since Apollo 17 touched down in 1972.
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