<ul><li>This week, Intuitive Machines is set to launch its Athena lunar lander as part of its IM-2 mission, along with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience. This marks the first time that three lunar landers are enroute to the Moon simultaneously.</li><li>Intuitive Machines' previous lunar lander, Odyssey, became the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in fifty years, although it ended up on its side. Now, with Athena, Intuitive Machines will have another chance to successfully soft land on the moon.</li><li>Athena will carry out science and technology tests from NASA as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The mission aims to demonstrate resource use on the moon and to provide a permanent reference point on the lunar surface for future spacecraft.</li><li>A hopping drone named Grace will also be included with the Athena lander. The drone will use the moon's lower gravity to efficiently move across the rocky terrain.</li></ul>

Humanity is about to break another space record with lunar launch this week

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