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"..Another robotic mission to the moon is set to launch this week.

Intuitive Machines, in collaboration with NASA, will launch its Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, which will land near the lunar south pole. IM-1 is the first of 3 missions scheduled this year.

Launch will take place at 12:57 a.m. ET Feb. 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from KSC. Landing will occur 9 days later.

If successful, this will be the first American commercial landing on the moon.."

My son works for an Aerospace Company and they have parts on both the Astrobiotics (which has crashed and burned) and Intuitive Machines. We get competitive about what missions we are part of! In many cases we both have stuff on the same mission. It's just good fun! 😊