HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space, marking the first time humanity has had three ...

The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface.

IM-2 was a lunar mission run by Intuitive Machines as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. [8] [9] It was launched on 27 February 2025, at 00:16:30 UTC.The Nova-C lunar lander, named Athena, reached the surface of the Moon on 6 March 2025, at 17:28:50 UTC. Contact was temporarily lost during the landing process; when it was re-established, it indicated that the ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space...

Mar 7, 2025 · Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said Athena used avoidance maneuvers to navigate, avoiding “boulders bigger than a bowling ball.” He also confirmed the vehicle is intact, delivering data ...

Feb 27, 2025 · The Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is the Company’s second lunar mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (“CLPS”) initiative, a key part of NASA’s Artemis lunar ...

Jul 18, 2024 · Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has finalized the IM-2 mission landing region ahead of its sold-out IM-2 mission.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 ...

Feb 27, 2025 · The lunar lander hitched a ride to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which took off at 7:16 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Athena, on a mission dubbed IM-2, will later aim to make a daring descent ...

On Wednesday, February 26 at 7:16 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to a lunar transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also on board this mission was NASA’S Lunar Trailblazer, Astroforge’s Odin, and Epic Aerospace’s CHIMERA GEO 1 spacecraft.

HOUSTON, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 …