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MOON COMPANY INTUITIVE MACHINES BEGINS FIRST MISSION AFTER SPACEX LAUNCH

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Intuitive Machines' inaugural moon mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Thursday morning. The company's IM-1 lander is carrying 12 government and commercial payloads to the Moon. It will spend about eight days traveling before descending to the Moon's surface on February 22. If all goes well, Intuitive Machines aims to operate the lander on the surface for up to seven days. This is the second mission under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.