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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.
IM-1: 15 February 2024 Intuitive Machines: Nova-C: Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A: Falcon 9: 7 days [25] The lander carried six NASA-sponsored instruments, as well as six payloads from other customers, including EagleCAM. [26] The Odysseus lander successfully touched down at Malapert A near the lunar south pole on 22 February 2024. [27]
IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus launched on 15 February 2024 towards the Moon via Falcon 9 on a direct intercept trajectory and later landed in the south polar region of the Moon on 22 February 2024 and became the first successful private lander and the first to do so using cryogenic propellants. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs ...
In February 2024, an American spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and ushered in a new era of lunar exploration defined by commercial enterprise.. The landing ...
The space rock is formally named 2024 YR4. Scientists say the risk of it making contact with Earth is remote — with NASA giving it as high as a 3.1% chance before reducing its estimate to 0.28% ...
The Canadian dollar, the Mexican peso and the Chinese yuan all strengthened by 1-1.5%, while the euro rose 1.5%, set for its largest one-day rally against the dollar in well over a year. European ...