Jan 7, 2025 · Intuitive Machines’ second awarded flight, IM-2, is scheduled to land at 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 24, 2025 · Among the items on its lander, the IM-2 mission will deliver one of the first on-site, or in-situ, demonstrations of resource utilization on the Moon, using a drill and mass spectrometer to measure the volatiles content of subsurface materials. Other technology instruments on this delivery will demonstrate a robust surface communications system ...

4 days ago · 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.

Sep 12, 2024 · As a NASA Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program spacecraft, Lunar Trailblazer’s lower-budget scientific mission is considered a secondary but still important ice...

Jan 17, 2025 · This mission, dubbed IM-2, will land about 100 km from the moon’s south pole. Crain said the first mission, IM-1, was all about demonstrating that the company could get to the moon and survive.

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.

Nov 28, 2018 · Intuitive Machines’ second awarded flight, IM-2, is scheduled to land at the lunar South Pole as early as November 2023. 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.

May 14, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines says it has identified several changes it will make to its Nova-C lunar lander ahead of its second mission late this year.

Jul 16, 2024 · Designed, 3D-printed, and tested in-house, the IM-2 VR900 engine completed a full-duration hot-fire test that confirmed increased engine performance utilizing efficient design modifications. Intuitive Machines engineers are applying the design modifications and quality processes to its larger engine system while completing the IM-2 mission ...