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A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over
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A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over

Intuitive Machines has successfully landed its second lunar lander, Athena, on the moon, although it appears to have tipped over post-landing. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on February 26, Athena carries technologies for NASA's lunar base ambitions, including a laser retroreflector array and an ice mining experiment, supported by a $4.8 billion contract from NASA.