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Early next month, #IM2 is targeting a touchdown at 84.6Β° south latitude, just 160 km from the #Moonβs π south pole. It will deploy an #ice-mining drill π³οΈ and mass spectrometer, a miniaturized rover, and a unique βhopperβ craft. Its first hop will reach a height of 20 m with two additional hops aiming to reach 50 m then 100 m. On its fourth and fifth hops, it will leap in and out of a permanently shadowed region inside a 20 m-deep #crater. https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/intuitive-machines-preps-im-2-mission-for-moon-launch-this-week