{"id":21796,"date":"2024-02-14T19:27:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T11:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-intuitive-machines-to-start-its-attempt-for-lunar-landing\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T19:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T11:27:53","slug":"this-week-in-launch-intuitive-machines-to-start-its-attempt-for-lunar-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-intuitive-machines-to-start-its-attempt-for-lunar-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Intuitive Machines to start its attempt for lunar landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-7125080057269629&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783310582&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2024%2F02%2F13%2Fthis-week-in-launch-intuitive-machines-to-start-its-attempt-for-lunar-landing%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783310582240&amp;bpp=3&amp;bdt=1339&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Deb38cfaf5314820a%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783310532%3AS%3DALNI_MZNqFbc4J_9Mwx0DA_RKZFv6Rgd_w&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000141585b75109%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783310532%3AS%3DALNI_Mb8Ou0XY9m-6RZcHIoT0NY6XJT4Aw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D81b549665d6763db%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783310532%3AS%3DAA-AfjaPQtwRjAqqOxsOk9A3h9AB&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=8641883906160&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1137&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C42533293%2C95393485&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=926375375677696&amp;tmod=1551932724&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=15\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CNj20b2VvZUDFdkIewcdqUoEag\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-40043\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-week-s-launch\">This week\u2019s launch:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>February 14 (Wednesday)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SpaceX | Falcon 9 | IM-1 | 12:57 A.M. 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Most importantly, one of the missions will feature the next lunar lander that will attempt what has so far been the hardest challenge since landing on the Moon, landing on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intuitive Machines first lunar lander will liftoff from LC-39A, the same launch site that flew Apollo missions to the Moon some 50 years ago. Similar to Astrobotic\u2018s ill-fated mission that launched last month, IM-1 will be for NASA\u2019s CLPS program, part of Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-40043',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No commercial company has yet to successfully land on the Moon so once again we will have to watch carefully to see if this will be the company to do it. Intuitive Machines has stated they have looked carefully at previous failed landings to ensure they learn from those lessons as well so they don\u2019t suffer a similar fate. However, nothing prepares a lander more than an actual landing attempt, something we will see later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following that early morning launch will be a mission for the US Space Force a few miles south at SLC-40 then a Starlink mission on the other coast at Vandenberg. Meanwhile, smack dab in the middle at Starbase, a fully stacked Starship rocket awaits its launch license from the FAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s launch: February 14 (Wednesday) SpaceX | Falcon 9 | IM-1 | 12:57 A.M. ET LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL SpaceX | Falcon 9 | USSF-124 | 2:30 P.M. PT SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 7-14 | 4:55 P.M. 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