The IM-2 is headed for an expected landing at the moon's south pole March 6 carrying a payload of exploration gear.

A robotic moon lander known as Athena is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a mission to explore the moon’s south pole. The same rocket will also launch a moon-mapping satellite developed by NASA,

The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.

Riding along with IM-2 is NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer satellite, managed by the agency’s. NASA's Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Artemis campaign,

A robotic moon lander is about to launch on a SpaceX rocket. It's the second lunar mission for a private company that last year became the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.

Intuitive Machines was set on Wednesday for the launch of its second moon lander, aiming to make the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the space company's first lunar mission ended early with a lopsided landing.

Intuitive Machines out of Texas is sending a second lunar lander, this time Athena, to the moon, where it will drill for water, ice and other gases.

Intuitive Machines is poised to launch its second lunar lander in as many years, marking a significant milestone in commercial space exploration.