‘Fly me to the Moon, and Let me Play Among the Stars…’
While Planet Earth is teeming with geopolitical activity, three different groups of men and women are engaged in an Odyssey that is to take their spacecrafts to the surface of the Moon.
It’s definitely a big moment in the human race’s spaceflight saga.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was launched on Thursday (Feb. 27), carrying Intuitive Machines’ ‘Athena’ spacecraft, so now there are three different private lunar landers currently on their way to the moon.
It’s an unprecedented surge in exploration, with the three missions operated by private companies.
Space reported:
“’Athena joining a historic wave of lunar landers on their way to the moon is an extraordinary moment’, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said in a statement this morning (Feb. 28).
‘While the most vital part of this mission lies ahead, we believe this is a signal that lunar services are rapidly advancing alongside civil and commercial intent to establish a foothold on the moon to reach further into the solar system’, he added.”
Hellbound and Down 
One thought on “MOON FEVER – Three Private Landers Are Headed to the Lunar Surface, With the First, Blue Ghost, Set To Touch Down Early Sunday”