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 …

1 day ago · 2 min read. Impacts and Benefits. article 2 days ago. Highlights. 2 min read. NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Journey to Moon. article 1 day ago. ... Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Mission. Johnson Space Center Office of Communications. Natalia Riusech Communications Strategist. Feb 25, 2025. Article.

6 days ago · The Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is the Company’s second as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (“CLPS”) initiative, a key part of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration efforts. The science and technology payloads sent to the Moon’s surface as part of CLPS intend to lay the foundation for future human missions and a long ...

8 hours ago · Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission will launch the Athena lunar lander. It's seen inside a Falcon 9 rocket's nose cone, on the verge of a history-making trip to drill for water ice in the moon's ...

5 days ago · Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26.The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in …

21 hours ago · 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.

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.

Jan 28, 2025 · Commanded using Intuitive Machines’ commercial Lunar Data Network, IM-2 will be the Company’s second of four manifested lunar missions as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (“CLPS”) initiative.

1 day ago · IM-2 follows Houston-based Intuitive Machines' first mission to the moon, IM-1, which launched in February 2024. Despite a rough touchdown during which the mission's lander, named "Odysseus ...

6 hours ago · The Intuitive Machines-2 (IM-2) mission carries Athena, a Nova-C class lunar lander, and is headed for the moon's south pole with a payload of gear intended to drill into the lunar regolith in ...