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Photo of Ethana lander when approaching the lunar surface. Photo- NASA
Athena Lander of American private company intelligence machines landed in the South Polar region of the moon on Thursday. But a few minutes after the landing, the mission controllers are not able to confirm his situation. Till now it is not even known whether the lander stands directly on the surface.
It took time for the mission controller to confirm the landing. However, Tim Crane, mission director and co-founder of the company, said- it seems that we have landed on the moon. It is now being investigated what is the situation on the surface of the lander.
According to Mission Officers, the lander was in touch with the Mission Controller after landing on the surface of the moon. Solar power was also generating. However, about half an hour after landing, the mission team could not confirm whether the lander was in the right position.
Meanwhile, NASA and Interested Machine suddenly closed live landing broadcasts and said that the update would be given at the press conference later in the afternoon. The intensive machine had landed a spacecraft on the moon a year ago. However, the lander’s leg was broken, which overturned the lander.
The American company has issued an animation in which the micro Nova Hopper “Grace” is shown conducting a high-resolution survey of a nearby crater.
Athena Lander was launched late Wednesday night The second Ethana Lander of the intelligence machines was launched late Wednesday (5:45 am on Indian time on Indian time) with the Falcon 9 rocket of Ilon Musk’s company SpaceX. The rocket was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. There is also a drone in this lander. The IM company is trying to get successfully on the moon for the second time.
The purpose of Ethena IM-2 Moon Lander Mission One of the main objectives of IM-2 is to gather new information related to the surface of the moon. The rover on the lander has a drill machine. It will do about 10 drills. About 10 centimeters will be excavated in a one -time drilling. That is, the machine will go to one meter depth and collect samples from inside the ground. There is a trident drill of NASA and MSOLO mass spectrometer to check up to one meter below the lunar surface. With this, things like water and co₂ can be detected on the moon.
NASA told about the mission of Moon Lander through a video, how it would collect data by drilling.
Important information related to Ethena Lander
- The six -legged lander of the intuitive machines is named Ethana and is almost as long as the giraffe. It was about to land on 6 March about 100 miles (160 km) from the southern pole of the moon on a flat mountain Mons Mutton.
- After the landing of Athena, Rovers and Micro Nova Hopper (Grace) will be deployed. The grace hopper is designed in such a way that it can fly a distance of two kilometers from the lander. It has been created by a company named Intuishvian Machies (IM). Moon Lander is also named on it.
- A small robot on the lander is Micro Nova Hopper, named Grace. Apart from this, there is also a rover of four -wheeled microwave shape, which will collect data on the surface of the moon.
Musk’s company third moon mission this year This is the third moon mission of Musk’s SpaceX company this year. Earlier on January 15, 2025, the Falcon 9 rocket launched the US private company Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and Moon Landers of Japanese’s Ispace Regulation.
Blue Ghost will land on the moon on March 2, 2025. At the same time, the lander of Japan is going through a different route, so it will reach the moon in May. That is, now there are a total of three landers who are about to land on the moon.
