IM-2 is flying via NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which puts agency science and technology instruments on private moon landers. The goal is to gather a wealth of ...

Thursday, February 27, 2025: Intuitive Machines is once again shooting for the moon. The company sent its second lunar lander towards the moon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Onboard was a 35 mm camera that captured the first images of Earth. Although the rocket did not return to Earth in one piece and hit the planet's surface at a speed of 550 km/h, the film with ...