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Elon Musk's SpaceX set to launch third moon landing mission on February 26 2025


Published on 2025-02-23 10:02:26 - MSN
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  • SpaceX's IM-2 mission, launching on 26 February 2025, will deliver the Athena lander to the Moon's surface. This initiative is part of NASA's CLPS program aiming to reduce lunar exploration costs. Successful lunar missions,

Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for its third lunar mission, scheduled for February 26, 2025, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. This mission, named IM-3, will see the Nova-C lander, developed by Intuitive Machines, attempt to land on the Moon's Reiner Gamma region. The lander will carry several NASA payloads, including a laser retroreflector array for lunar ranging, a stereo camera to study the lunar surface's interaction with the lander's engine plume, and a low-frequency radio receiver to explore the Moon's radio environment. This mission follows two previous attempts by SpaceX to land on the Moon, with the first, IM-1, successfully landing in February 2024, and the second, IM-2, planned for later in 2024. The IM-3 mission aims to further NASA's Artemis program objectives by delivering scientific and technological experiments to the lunar surface, enhancing our understanding of the Moon and preparing for future human missions.

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