{"id":8876,"date":"2023-02-13T22:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-redirects-intuitive-machines-first-mission-to-the-lunar-south-pole-region\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T22:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:35:03","slug":"nasa-redirects-intuitive-machines-first-mission-to-the-lunar-south-pole-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-redirects-intuitive-machines-first-mission-to-the-lunar-south-pole-region\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Redirects Intuitive Machines\u2019 First Mission to the Lunar South Pole Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/nasa_C_638118633444499817.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"NASA Redirects Intuitive Machines\u2019 First Mission to the Lunar South Pole Region\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/nasa_C_638118633444499817.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/nasa_C_638118633444499817.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Intuitive Machines, LLC, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the return of lunar scientific data in support of the Artemis Program. As part of this joint effort, Intuitive Machines will shift the landing site of its first mission to the lunar South Pole Region in support of NASA\u2019s priority objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRedirecting Intuitive Machines\u2019 IM-1 mission landing site is a testament to our collective commitment to supporting NASA\u2019s Artemis Program and advancing lunar exploration for the benefit of humanity,\u201d said Steve Altemus, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Intuitive Machines. \u201cThe Company is honored to accept the historic and scientific responsibility of bringing the United States to the lunar South Pole Region for the first time ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Intuitive Machines is working closely with its stakeholders to ensure a seamless landing site change. The landing date is currently scheduled for late June 2023. This change is expected to positively impact Intuitive Machines\u2019 backlog. More importantly, Intuitive Machines views this as a significant win for the Artemis Program.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has its sights set on locations around the South Pole Region for the Artemis era of human lunar exploration. The agency has identified the South Pole Region as one with characteristics that hold promise for unprecedented deep-space scientific discoveries, like discovering water ice on the Moon. Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C lunar lander would become the first spacecraft to land on the Moon\u2019s South Pole Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intuitive Machines, LLC, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the return of lunar scientific data in support of the Artemis Program. As part of this joint effort, Intuitive Machines will shift the landing site of its first mission to the lunar South Pole Region in support of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[72,25],"class_list":["post-8876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-global","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}