It was launched on Wednesday and is scheduled to land on the moon on March 6, if everything goes as planned, about 160 kilometers from the South Pole. Near the landing site, there is a 20-meter deep crater that is in constant shadow – total darkness. The drone will jump down there with measuring equipment, after a few test jumps, reports media from Florida.
The instruments it has will measure whether there can be ice, i.e. water, there. Researchers believe that the crater, and many similar ones on the moon, may be filled with ice.
It is the Texas company Intuitive Machines that has sent up the lander, its second. The company's first moon landing last year, which was the first for the US in over 50 years, was not entirely successful since the probe broke a leg during landing and ended up on its side.
