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First Intuitive Machines Flight Heads to Moon

Launches Aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Early This Morning

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Tom Patton
Feb 15, 2024
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At 1:05 a.m. EST on Thursday, Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At approximately 1:53 a.m., the lander deployed from the Falcon 9 second stage. Teams confirmed it made communications contact with the company's mission operations center in Housto…

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