Busy Thursday! As Athena — The Intuitive Machines’ South Pole Lunar Lander — Should ALSO Touch Down Around Noon On Thursday…

This is also the mission that may be able to establish a Nokia cell net, for a bit — on the lunar surface, as a demonstration / proof of concept.

We wish the fine private-industry lunar space teams… all the success in the world! Here’s the latest, from NASA’s blogs:

…Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to land in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence.

Watch live landing coverage of the Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) landing, hosted by NASA and Intuitive Machines, on NASA+ starting no earlier than 11:30 a.m., approximately 60 minutes before touchdown. Beginning at 11 a.m. the agency will share blog updates as landing milestones occur.

Following the Moon landing, NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the mission, technology demonstrations, and science opportunities that lie ahead as lunar surface operations begin….

In truth, we are following these closely primarily to blot out intrusive thoughts about the damage being done in DC, day in and day out. Onward.

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