The probe has to look for ice on the South Pole of the Moon

“Athena” would be on the road for about a week and land at Mons Mouton in the southern pole area of ​​the Moon on 6 March. The mission is then created for about ten days. The unmanned land is 4.3 meters high and has a diameter of 1.6 meters. It is intended to find raw materials and water on the earth boring.

Drill, Hoppers and Rover on board
For this goal, “Athena” has an exercise, among other things, an exercise that should penetrate to a meter below the surface of the moon, and a mass spectrometer that can recognize volatile substances.

Moreover, with “Grace” there is a small device that almost jumps over the moon in short flights. It must record detailed surface images and explore craters. Moreover, “Athena” has two robbers in their luggage to roll over the moon: “Mapp” and the very small, only two -dedicated “Yaoki”.

Company reached the first commercial lunar landing in 2024
The intuitive machines of the company in Houston, Texan, had succeeded in the first commercial lunar landing in space history last year with his land “Odysseus”.

With “Odysseus”, an American device had landed on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. When putting on, however, the unmanned lander destroyed and got a tendency. However, data can still be collected.

Landings on the moon are very demanding
Moon landings are considered technically very demanding – and often go wrong. Nevertheless, there are currently many attempts worldwide. Only a few weeks ago two more countries from the United States started to Earth.

The Lander “Blue Ghost” from the American company Firefly Aerospace is planned to arrive on Sunday, the Lander “Resilience” of the Japanese start-up ISPACE in a few months.