Businessman Elon Musk’s American aerospace company SpaceX will launch the Nova-C lunar landing module developed by Texas company Intuitive Machines on February 14, 2023. This was reported by portal Phys.org, with reference to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
If the mission is successful, Nova-C will land in the impact crater near the south pole of our planet’s moon on February 22.
The lunar module is equipped with research equipment for environmental analysis. The data collected will help the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) prepare future Artemis missions that will land humans on the Moon.
The device will also deliver sculptures to the Moon by contemporary American artist Jeff Koons, who designed his works in the form of balloon figures.
If successful, Nova-C would be the first American device to land on the Moon 50 years after the end of the Apollo program and the first privately owned module in the United States.
Less than a month earlier, another specialized American lunar module, called Astrobotic’s Peregrine, had failed to reach the Moon due to post-launch problems.
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