NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-spacex-intuitive-machines-first-moon-mission/ As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 14, for the launch of Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander to the Moon’s surface. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander is expected to land on the Moon on Thursday, Feb. 22. Among the items on its lander, the mission will carry NASA science and technology instruments focusing on plume-surface interactions, space weather/lunar surface interactions, radio astronomy, precision landing technologies, and a communication and navigation node for future autonomous navigation technologies.