South Pole Landing Site Selected for Intuitive Machines Lunar Lander

NASA, in cooperation with Intuitive Machines, has selected a south pole landing site for the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission. The decision to move from the original landing site in Oceanus Procellarum was based on a need to learn more about terrain and communications near the lunar South Pole, which is expected to be one of the be…