NASA is set to take its latest unmanned moonshot from the Florida coast on Feb. 26, this time taking close aim at the ultimate destination of its Artemis Program: the Lunar South Pole.
The second lunar lander, named Athena and built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, will leave the planet atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39A around 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 26. This is the latest example of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission.