Intuitive Machines to launch Athena moon lander today

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Intuitive Machines is set to launch its second moon lander, Athena, on February 26, 2025. This follows the company's successful but unstable landing of its first lander, Odysseus, in 2024. Athena will launch alongside three other spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. Eastern time. Weather conditions are expected to be favorable, with over a 95 percent chance of good weather for the launch.


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