The Houston company successfully landed on the moon earlier this year. It’s part of NASA’s Artemis program to return to the moon as a step toward Mars.
Intuitive Machines , a Houston -based space exploration company, has received a $117 million
team to deliver mission success once again,” CEO Steve Altemus said in a statement. , the new lander will carry six payloads to the moon’s south pole, where nighttime temperatures are frigid, the terrain is rugged, and the permanently shadowed regions could help reveal the origin of water throughout the solar system,
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