Globe · Lunar Compendium
IM-2 (Athena)
Landed ~250 m off inside a crater and tipped; rapid power loss.
- Coordinates
- -84.7906, 29.1957 (positive-east)
- Era
- C (2020-present)
- Parent mission
- IM-2
- Role
- Nova-C lander + hopper + rover
- Operator
- Intuitive Machines
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 2025-02-27
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 2025-03-06 landing
- Event type
- lander
- Outcome
- partial
- Site
- Mons Mouton, south-pole region
- Coordinate note
- eoPortal/LRO (secondary)
- Left on surface
- NASA PRIME-1 suite; Micro-Nova hopper; MAPP rover (undeployed)
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- inactive on surface (ended 2025-03-07)
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- single-tier source (cross-check pending)