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Comparing the new image with an earlier one, shows significant bending of even the top landing legs, telling me that all legs have touched the surface at one point.

According to the landing stream, the main engine continued to fire for several minutes after touchdown. #IM2

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#Athena came to rest inside a crater, 250m from its intended target. “With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the #solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, #IntuitiveMachines does not expect Athena to recharge 🔋”. Issues with Athena’s laser altimeter may have contributed to the bad landing straitstimes.com/world/united-

The Straits Times · US company says moon mission over after another sideways landingIt comes just days after Texas rival Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its Blue Ghost lander on its first attempt. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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#Athena was communicating with controllers and generating solar power, officials said. But 20 minutes after touchdown, Crain still was unable to confirm if everything was all right with the lander. #NASA and #IntuitiveMachines abruptly ended their live landing webcast, promising more updates at a news conference later in the afternoon apnews.com/article/moon-landin

AP News · Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its condition is unknownBy Marcia Dunn
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The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena spacecraft completed a 492-second main engine Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn at 7:27 a.m. EST on March 3 and is currently in a circular orbit around the Moon.

Athena will complete 39 lunar orbits before landing on March 6, around 12:32 p.m. EST when it will be lunar morning at the landing site near the South Pole.

Pl. see the rest of this thread for mission info.

No updates on AstroForge or Lunar Trailblazer 🙁

intuitivemachines.com/im-2
#IM2 #Athena
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During the #IM2 mission, the #4G cell 📱 network will allow for #communication between the lander and the two vehicles. But #Nokia has plans for a more expansive 4G or 5G cell network that can cover the planned #Artemis habitat and its surroundings. The company is also working on integrating cell communications in Axiom #spacesuits meant for future lunar #astronauts 👩‍🚀 technologyreview.com/2025/02/1

#SpaceCommunication wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ke

MIT Technology Review · Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moonBy Jacek Krywko
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Early next month, #IM2 is targeting a touchdown at 84.6° south latitude, just 160 km from the #Moon’s 🌙 south pole. It will deploy an #ice-mining drill 🕳️ and mass spectrometer, a miniaturized rover, and a unique “hopper” craft. Its first hop will reach a height of 20 m with two additional hops aiming to reach 50 m then 100 m. On its fourth and fifth hops, it will leap in and out of a permanently shadowed region inside a 20 m-deep #crater. astronomy.com/space-exploratio

Astronomy Magazine · Intuitive Machines preps IM-2 mission for Moon launch this weekIntuitive Machines’ next lunar landing brings a state-of-the-art drill, multiple rovers, and a drone that will fly into a crater’s permanent shadow.

Within the next few years, a new #communications infrastructure will unfold for the Moon 🌙. Shackleton Crater is deeper than the #GrandCanyon. Extremes at the South Pole present challenges for establishing wireless networks like #WiFi 📶 and #5G📱. #Earth 🌎 is only visible for roughly two weeks of each month. #Nasa has funded #Nokia to demonstrate a #4G link on the #IM2 mission, which will be the first #cellular network on the #Moon bbc.com/future/article/2024030

BBC · Talking on the Moon: The quest to establish a lunar mobile phone networkBy Sue Nelson