Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company, is launching a lunar mission to search for water ice on the moon, a crucial step towards future human habitation.
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The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
"If I were to do a do-over, I would have focused more energy" on building up Houston's investors, the former Ion executive director said during the launch event for a new initiative.