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IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried out in January 2025 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. [2] The company named this lander Athena. [3] The mission aims to uncover the presence and amount of lunar water ice using PRIME-1, which consists of a drill
Intuitive Machines, whose IM-1 mission landed its NOVA-C probe on its side while still achieving many of its objectives earlier this year, is set to make a second attempt as early as January. IM-2 ...
The Intuitive Machines Nova-C, or simply Nova-C, is a class of lunar landers designed by Intuitive Machines (IM) to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon. Intuitive Machines was one of three service providers awarded task orders in 2019 for delivery of NASA science payloads to the Moon. [ 8 ]
Farther out, Intuitive Machines will launch its IM-2 mission to the moon late in 2024, or early in 2025. ... mission to put a rover on the moon to search for ice near the south pole. ...
Intuitive Machines provides infrastructure as a service and is the catalyst for growing a lunar economy by using three pillars of commercialization: Transportation and delivery of payloads (satellites, scientific instruments, cargo), including rideshare delivery and lunar surface access; collection, processing, and interpretation of space-based data, by applying command, control ...
Next up for Intuitive Machines is its IM-2 mission. On this trip, its lander will transport a TRIDENT ice drill (short for The Regolith Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain) and mass spectrometer ...
Intuitive Machines is now looking ahead to its second lunar mission, IM-2, which is scheduled for November. Altemus said the company conducted a 30-day review of its first mission to improve its ...
The mission was known as IM-3 mission and was planned to land on the Moon in 2024. The contract value was $77.5 million and under the contract, Intuitive Machines was responsible for end-to-end delivery services, including payload integration, delivery from Earth to the surface of the Moon, and payload operations. [26]