IM-2 is set to demonstrate lunar mobility, resource prospecting, and analysis of volatile substances from subsurface materials, a critical step toward uncovering water sources beyond Earth—a key component for establishing sustainable …

5 days ago · The Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is in low lunar orbit in this photo released Monday. Intuitive Machines. The 15-foot-tall (4.6-meter-tall) Athena will have joined a lunar lander developed by ...

Mar 4, 2025 · Watch live landing coverage of the Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) landing, hosted by NASA and Intuitive Machines, on NASA+ starting no earlier than 11:30 a.m., approximately 60 minutes before touchdown. Beginning at 11 a.m. the agency will share blog updates as landing milestones occur.

Feb 28, 2025 · After a successful launch on Feb. 26, 2025, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission is headed to the Mons Mouton region near the Moon’s South Pole the Moon. The lander is carrying NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. …

IM-2 was a lunar mission run by Intuitive Machines as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. [8][9] It launched on February 27, 2025, at 00:16:30 UTC. The Nova-C lunar lander, named Athena, reached the surface of …

Feb 26, 2025 · Intuitive Machines’ second awarded flight, IM-2, is scheduled to land at a location near the lunar South Pole. This will be the first on site, or in-situ, resource utilization demonstration on the Moon utilizing a drill and mass spectrometer to measure the volatile content of subsurface materials.

6 days ago · “IM-2 has to be a lot more accurate than IM-1,” said Intuitive Machines’ navigation lead, Mike Hansen, during a company podcast interview last year. “So, (with Odie) IM-1 we could get away ...

Feb 20, 2025 · Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, completed all integration milestones and is safely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch.In ...

Jul 18, 2024 · The IM-2 mission is designed to prospect for water ice and other volatiles on the Moon’s south pole, which requires a landing site that supports the high probability of ice stability within one meter of the lunar surface.

6 days ago · WASHINGTON — The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines reached the surface of the moon March 6 but appears to be resting on its side, hampering its planned science and technology...

5 days ago · After a successful launch last week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission landed on the Moon on March 6 shortly after 11:30 a.m. EST. The craft is transmitting back ...

May 1, 2015 · The objective of the Intuitive Machines 2, or IM-2 (TO PRIME-1) mission is to land a drill and mass spectrometer (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1, or PRIME-1) near the south pole of the Moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.

Feb 25, 2025 · Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission will launch no earlier than February 26th, aiming to land on the Moon's south pole around March 6th. The mission will focus on exploring the lunar south pole for...

6 days ago · The IM-2 lander is beginning its vertical descent where the lander’s Guidance and Navigation Control system flies the lander to a point approximately 98 feet (30 meters) above the designated landing site. Then the lander goes into a vertical descent at about 10 feet-per-second (3-meters-per-second). After that, the lander brakes to a …

Feb 26, 2025 · Intuitive Machines and other companies are working to be part of an emerging lunar economy, with flights like IM-2, the 24th launch of the Falcon 9 in 2025, paving the way for renewed human ...

Nokia is making history. When Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission voyages to the lunar south pole, Nokia will deploy a cellular network that will connect two mission vehicles. Nokia intends to prove that the same technology that connects billions of smartphones on Earth can meet critical communications needs on the Moon and Mars.

Feb 27, 2025 · For IM-2, Intuitive Machines has given its Nova-C lander the name Athena, honoring the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. (The IM-2 mission team has affectionately shortened the name to Addy.)

5 days ago · IM-2, which launched on Feb. 26 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is the second moon mission for Houston-based Intuitive Machines, whose IM-1 lander, Odysseus, became the first American...

Feb 26, 2025 · NASA science and technology is set to fly aboard Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 7:16 p.m. EST tonight to launch the IM-2 mission from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Feb 24, 2025 · Following up on the partially successful landing of IM-1, Intuitive Machine’s IM-2 (Athena) is designed to search for signs of water ice beneath the lunar surface. The quest could help shape future human exploration of the Moon.