<ul><li>The lunar lander Athena, Intuitive Machines' newest mission to the moon, is ready to launch today.</li><li>Athena will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.</li><li>The goal of the Athena mission is to demonstrate lunar mobility, resource prospecting, and analysis of volatile substances from subsurface materials, with the aim of uncovering water sources beyond Earth.</li><li>Athena is expected to take about one week to reach the moon.</li></ul>

New lunar lander Athena launches to the moon today

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