Multipurpose Athena moon lander

A six-legged moon lander called Athena, is carrying
a payload of devices to the lunar surface, including
two rovers and a hopper that investigates craters

SOUTH POLE

Mons Mouton
landing site

“ATHENA” NOVA-C CLASS LUNAR LANDER

Solar panels:
Approximately 10 days
of light available before
sun sets on lunar
South Pole

MAPP rover deployment
mechanism: First
ever rover at lunar
South Pole

Carbon composite
structure

Helium tank

3D printed engine:
Must reduce ship’s
velocity by 1,800m
per second to
land softly on
moon

Navigation pod

“Grace” Micro Nova
Hopper: Can travel up
to 2km from lander,
taking detailed images
and exploring craters

Human
to scale
(lander is
unmanned)

Aluminium
crush core
legs

OPERATIONS
OVERVIEW

“Grace” Hopper

Athena lander: Ice
mining experiment

YAOKI rover:
Takes photos
within 50m
radius of
lander

MAPP Rover

Mar 14: Will
observe lunar
eclipse of Earth

HOPPER
Altitude:
100m

2km

Detail

Sources: Reuters, Intuitive Machines
Pictures: Intuitive Machines, Dymon
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