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US-led missions launched to investigate the Moon’s water

27 Feb 2025 Michael Banks
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Lift-off: The lunar lander Athena from Intuitive Machines aim to test the extraction of substances from beneath the lunar surface (courtesy: NASA)
Update 7 March 2025: In a statement, Intuitive Machines announced that while Athena performed a soft

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