<ul><li>Intuitive Machines' second attempt to land on the Moon with their lander named Athena did not go as planned.</li><li>During the final descent, engineers became worried as the laser-based altimeters on the lander showed some noise in the readings.</li><li>The previous attempt to land on the Moon with their spacecraft Odysseus failed due to problems with the laser rangefinder.</li><li>The engineers hoped that the readings would improve as the lander got nearer to the surface.</li></ul>

Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways

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