
Zachary Pirtle
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Engineer, policy practitioner in space exploration. Part-time prof, writer. PhD in Sys. Eng, BA/BS philosophy, mech. eng.
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Go Athena! Intuitive Machines’ flight, IM-2, is scheduled to launch on Feb. 26 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and land at a location near the lunar South Pole. The IM-2 mission is a part of NASA’s lunar delivery initiative to conduct science and tech on the Moon for the benefit of all.


Ready for liftoff? 🚀 Watch as Intuitive Machines begins its journey to the Moon, carrying #NASAScience onboard—including Lunar Trailblazer, a rideshare mission mapping the Moon and searching for water ice. Join us for live launch coverage starting at 6:30pm ET:






Our lunar delivery initiative is high risk–with the potential for high reward. Shortly after landing in a crater near the lunar South Pole, Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander collected data and called an early end of mission at 1:15am ET (0615 UTC) March 7. go.nasa.gov/4bxhiOh



Comin' in hot! Our Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies captured first-of-its-kind imagery of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander's engine plumes interacting with the lunar surface, providing fundamental data about landing & operating on the Moon: go.nasa.gov/4huTkVd


