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House mission to blast off to moon’s south pole – with suitcase-sized ‘hopper’ on board

By Editorial Board Published February 26, 2025 3 Min Read
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House mission to blast off to moon’s south pole – with suitcase-sized ‘hopper’ on board

Two area mining missions are blasting off this week, with one heading to the southern-most level ever visited on the moon’s floor.

A robotic moon lander referred to as Athena will embark on Intuitive Machine’s second mission to the moon.

It made historical past a yr in the past by changing into the primary non-public firm to efficiently land on the moon’s floor – though the lander did fall over.

Athena might be carrying a set of devices and a drill to review the rocks and soil beneath the moon’s floor and can assist scientists establish the place potential water sources might be.

After lift-off, at the moment scheduled for shortly after midnight on 27 February, Athena will intention to land on 6 March after which spend ten days gathering knowledge.

There are additionally moon rovers aboard. One is a suitcase-sized hopper which is able to bounce right into a deep crater the place scientists suspect there’s ice and snap some photos earlier than leaping again out.

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Catching a carry with Athena earlier than it breaks off by itself is Odin, a robotic spacecraft that may carry out a flyby mission of an asteroid.

Odin’s mission marks US firm AstroForge’s first try to hunt for platinum in area.

It ought to take simply 5 days to succeed in the far facet of the moon, however will then wait for one more 300 days in deep area earlier than approaching its goal asteroid.

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Pettit joined the ISS crew last September.

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It can then collect photos of the asteroid in preparation for the corporate’s subsequent mission, Vestri, which is able to land on the asteroid and start extraction.

The identical rocket, a SpaceX Falcon-9, can even launch a NASA-developed moon-mapping satellite tv for pc referred to as Lunar Trailblazer.

The Lunar Trailblazer will orbit the moon detecting water on the floor.

In keeping with NASA, it can assist scientists “determine the form, abundance, and distribution of water across the lunar surface”.

There is a race to seek out water on the moon as a result of it might make it possible to construct a base there, making deep area exploration simpler.

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