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May 29, 2020

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[ May 27, 2020 ] Stormy weather delays Crew Dragon launch to Saturday Falcon 9
[ May 27, 2020 ] NASA adding new television views for SpaceX crew launch Mission Reports
[ May 27, 2020 ] Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX reschedule crew launch for Saturday Falcon 9
[ May 26, 2020 ] Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon on eve of launch Falcon 9
[ May 26, 2020 ] SpaceX crew launch comes with new weather constraints for downrange aborts Falcon 9

Intuitive Machines announces moon mission’s launch date, landing site

April 15, 2020

Intuitive Machines, under contract to carry NASA science instruments to the moon on a privately-developed robotic spacecraft, said this week its first commercial lunar mission will target landing in October 2021 near a deep, narrow valley named Vallis Schröteri.

Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX to launch commercial lunar lander

October 2, 2019

Intuitive Machines confirmed plans Wednesday to launch a commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast in 2021 on a mission to deliver multiple payloads to the moon, including up to five science instruments for NASA.

NASA picks three companies to send commercial landers to the moon

June 4, 2019

NASA has announced that Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and OrbitBeyond won contracts to deliver science instruments and technology demonstration payloads to the moon’s surface in the first of a series of robotic missions preceding a human return to the moon.