Intuitive Machines to launch 2nd lunar lander for NASA

Intuitive Machines to launch 2nd lunar lander for NASA: 5 things to know about mission
Intuitive Machines is expected to launch its second lunar lander this week
Intuitive Machines, the company that pulled off the first-ever commercial moon landing this time last year with its Odysseus spacecraft, is gearing up for another shot at touching the lunar surface. Its second flight under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is scheduled to take off no earlier than Wednesday February 26,
Watch Live: SpaceX Launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2 Lunar Lander and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer
Riding along with IM-2 is NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer satellite, managed by the agency’s. NASA's Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Artemis campaign,
NASA Tells Workers to Pause Replies to DOGE Email Demands
Managers at various NASA groups are telling employees to hold off on responding to an email sent on Elon Musk’s orders asking people to describe what they had accomplished the previous week.
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NASA supercomputer reveals strange spiral structure at the edge of our solar system
The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse.
Aurora art teacher won an international NASA contest. Now his drawing is orbiting earth in the International Space Station.
As part of NASA's International Art and Poetry Contest, Aurora art teacher Thad McCauley entered and later learned he won. His drawing orbiting Earth on the ISS with other winners from Taiwan, Chile,

NASA, asteroid and YR4

Odds of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 fall once again, now to 0.28%, NASA says
Odds of "city-killer" asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 rise, then fall again, NASA says
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
Killer asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit some of the world's most populous cities on December 22, 2032; do you live in any of these places?
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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal
Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, which is set to launch Feb. 28.
DeSantis: Move NASA headquarters to Kennedy Space Center in Brevard County, Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke of the potential move Wednesday during his remarks spotlighting the launch of the Florida University Space Research Consortium.
‘No legitimate rationale’: Lawmakers raise concerns over what NASA won’t say about DOGE
A new letter addressed to acting NASA chief Janet Petro calls out the space agency for failing to answer questions raised by lawmakers earlier this month.
Elon Musk blasted by astronauts for claiming NASA staff abandoned in space for ‘political reasons’
Two astronauts have refuted Elon Musk's claims that two NASA staff were abandoned on the International Space Station.
NASA Image Reveals Lava 'River of Fire' on Snowy Mountain
A red-hot lava flow two miles long has been attracting crowds to the slopes of Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, Italy.
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'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images
"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."
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NASA installs 'bulletproof' sunshade on powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (photos)
The team working on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has announced the successful installation of the observatory's sunshade. This visor-like shade serves as a deployable aperture cover, blocking stray light that could interfere with observations or reduce the sensitivity of the infrared telescope,