Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Lander En Route To The Moon

intuitive machines lunar lander launch on feb. 26

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifted off onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 26.

Credit: Cory Huston/NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Flight controllers at Houston-based Intuitive Machines had a nervous wait, but they were able to establish communications with their Nova-C lunar lander following its Feb. 26 launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The two-stage, partly reusable booster lifted off from Kennedy Space...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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