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    IM-2 Vertical, Terminal Descent Begins  

    The IM-2 lander is beginning its vertical descent where the lander’s Guidance and Navigation Control system flies the lander to a point approximately 98 feet (30 meters) above the designated landing site. Then the lander goes into a vertical descent at about 10 feet-per-second (3-meters-per-second). After that, the lander brakes to a 3-feet-per-second (1-meter-per-second) descent rate […]

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    IM-2 Lander Begins 12-Minute Braking Burn

    The final burn of Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander has begun. Powered descent initiation is a main engine firing that will take about 12 minutes. It’s designed to slow the lander’s speed in preparation for final descent moments before touchdown.    During this phase, the lander must slow down by about 4,000 miles per hour […]

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    NASA+ Coverage Begins for Intuitive Machines’ Second Lunar Flight 

    After launching Feb. 26 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Intuitive Machines’ lander is preparing to land on the Moon at 11:30 a.m. CST at Mons Mouton near the Moon’s South Pole.   Watch now on NASA+ or the agency’s website. Aboard the mission are a suite of NASA technology and science payloads on their way […]

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    Intuitive Machines Completes Descent Orbit Insertion

    After successfully completing descent orbit insertion at 4:33 a.m. CST Thursday, Intuitive Machines flight controllers are gathering data and checking the lander’s landing systems for accuracy ahead of landing on the lunar surface for its IM-2 mission. The updated landing time is 11:30 a.m. CST.  As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative […]

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    NASA Continuing Efforts to Contact, Command Lunar Trailblazer

    The mission operations team for NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer at Caltech’s IPAC is continuing efforts to re-establish communications with the small satellite. Based on telemetry before the loss of signal last week and ground-based radar data collected March 2, the team believes the spacecraft is spinning slowly in a low-power state. They will continue to monitor …

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