A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the south pole.
A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific instruments including a hopping robot and the first lunar mobile communications antenna. Intuitive Machines is working with US space agency Nasa to look for evidence of water and ice on the lunar surface.
Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. The status of Intuitive Machines’ lander is unknown.