Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
The Intuitive Machines-2 mission is set to launch the company’s lunar lander, Athena, to the Moon. Athena will carry NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations to help us understand the Moon’s environment, and prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface.
One piece of tech aboard, the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1), is one of the first on-site demonstrations of resource use on the Moon. PRIME-1 will take a lunar soil sample and analyze it to see if it contains water ice.
For more information on the mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/general/intuitive-machines-im-2-mission/
For more information on PRIME-1, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasas-polar-ice-experiment-paves-way-for-future-moon-missions/
Credit: NASA