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Forum: Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic: Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C lunar mission

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 02-21-2025 01:00 AM collectSPACE <blockquote><font size="+0"><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022125a-intuitive-machines-im-2-athena-moon-lander-footpads.html">First (and last?) look at Intuitive Machines' next moon lander's footpad designs</a></font> [i]Newly-released photos of the next spacecraft to launch to the moon have revealed a detail that the U.S. company behind it really hopes will soon never be seen again. Intuitive Machines on Thursday (Feb. 20) shared images of its second Nova-C lunar lander, "Athena," as it was being encapsulated within a protective fairing for its liftoff to deliver NASA and commercial payloads to the moon's surface. The photos show the 14-foot-tall (4.3-meter) probe from just below its launch mount, such that the bottoms of some of its six legs' footpads are in view.[/i]</blockquote> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022125a-intuitive-machines-im-2-athena-moon-lander-footpads.html" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-022125aa-lg.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a></center>
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