Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its side.
Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.
Furthermore, there are no GPS systems on the moon to help guide a craft to its landing spot. A combination of gravity and inertia factors seemed to stymie Intuitive Machines' previous ...
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