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If the instruments of the payload had been able to collect data is unknown. Currently the data of #Athena is been analyzed. However the mission has ended much earlier than expected.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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First it was possible to deploy payload and start the charging of the batteries. However the sun power was not enough and the batteries depleted today. There is less hope to recharge #Athena again.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Intuitive Machines confirms that Athena has landed 250 meters away from it's planned landing side in a moon crater. The lander fall to the side.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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We look forward to the mission. #Athena is sending and receiving data and the mission is on. Let's hope that most of the mission objectives can be reached.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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NASA and Intuitive Machines have confirmed that Athena stands on the side. Nevertheless it was possible to deploy payload, also the NASA PRIME-1 instrument.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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#Athena has landed at a location on the moon where no man has been before. The correct location of Athena is still under investigation to continue with the mission after knowing the exact location of Athena.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The navigation systems, controlled from Earth, worked well to bring any kind of payload into the orbit of the moon in the future.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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It's also possible to deploy payloads. Not all mission objective can be reached but NASA is hopeful to collect as much as data from the payloads as possible.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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#NASA confirmed that Athena is not in the correct attitude. They are collecting pictures now to see how #Athena stand on the moon. Athena's solar panels are charging the batteries. There is a communication uplink to the vehicle.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Athena has successfully landed on the moon yesterday. It took a while to get confirmation signals and information if Athena stand straight as expected. Athena has landed close to the south pole of the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Other private companies instruments are at Athena. One of them is a data centre - the first on the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Another instrument is a reflector, similar to the one we have on bikes, and is used as location marker for the satellite to localize Athena in the future.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Prime 1, a #NASA instrument, should drill up to 1 meter into the lunar surface to take investigate the lunar soil. The mass spectrometers will analyze the composition of the lunar soil sample for water and other components.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Athena carries 11 science instruments and is 4.5 meters tall and 4.2 meters wide. Athena has a weight of around 475 kilograms and the payload is a weight of 100 kilograms.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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To keep communication the Nokia 4G lunar communication system will be installed to send science data back to earth.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#Athena deploys the technology to provide help for humans to explore the moon and the solar system. Athena's 10 days mission on the moon will deploy a rover, will send a drone into a moon crater.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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NASA wants to get the fully capacity of innovation by giving American companies the chance to develop and deploy technology for the Artemis program to use these technologies on the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Get a look into the history and the objectives of the International Space Station.

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This mission is made to deliver the basic of exploration technology to the moon before astronauts return with the Artemis 3 Mission before 2030.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#Athena was launched by Space X on February 26th. After deployment the engine had to fire 4 times to reach the orbit on her way to the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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The basic 4G hardware is the same as used on Earth but was strengthened by Nokia to make it work in the harsh environments of space and on the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#Athena is part of the private Intuitive Machines 2 program, partnering with #NASA to provide support for the #Artemis program. Athena will deploy a special device that will install the first 4G mobil data network on the moon.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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We are now switching to our second space event from yesterday. The Intuitive Machines-2 Lunar Landing with the Moon rover Athena.

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March 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM