{"id":140727,"date":"2025-02-27T06:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140727"},"modified":"2025-02-27T06:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:07:56","slug":"cell-service-headed-to-moon-aboard-mission-launching-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140727","title":{"rendered":"Cell service headed to Moon aboard mission launching tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"play-6f6e27ded000254\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/320\/179\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/640\/358\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/768\/432\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1536\/864\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1984\/1116\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-6f6e27ded000254--29199319495.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"2024 VIDEO: Houston-based company Intuitive Machines said it successfully landed its Odysseus lander on the Moon. The touchdown marked the first private Moon landing and the first American mission in more than 50 years.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">2024 VIDEO: Houston-based company Intuitive Machines said it successfully landed its Odysseus lander on the Moon. The touchdown marked the first private Moon landing and the first American mission in more than 50 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. \u2013<\/strong> Intuitive Machines, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> company that returned America to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a> last year, aims to make a repeat appearance, this time delivering the first cell service to the lunar surface in addition to helping find resources.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">With two separate private lunar missions on the way right now, Intuitive Machines will become the third en route with the launch of its Nova-C lander, named Athena, to the Moon on Wednesday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a>-based company made history last year when its first Nova-C lander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/intuitive-machines-nasa-return-america-to-moon-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touched down on the Moon<\/a>, marking the first U.S. landing since Apollo 17 in 1972 and the first private lunar arrival. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/288\/162\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/576\/324\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/720\/405\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1440\/810\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/668\/376\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1336\/752\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/668\/376\/im-nova-at-moon.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Odysseus, the spacecraft built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on Feb. 21, 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Odysseus, the spacecraft built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on Feb. 21, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Intuitive Machines\/X \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/firefly-lunar-lander-far-side-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SEE IT: FIREFLY&#8217;S LUNAR LANDER ZOOMS 75 MILES ABOVE FAR SIDE OF MOON<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> and Intuitive Machines are targeting liftoff from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>&#8216;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:16 p.m. ET. NASA is among the customers with payloads on Athena but is also launching a ride-sharing mission on the SpaceX rocket, known as Lunar Trailblazer, a spacecraft that will map water ice on the Moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA will begin live launch coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Weather conditions for liftoff are more than 95% favorable, according to forecasters with the U.S. Space Force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/falcon9im2-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at launchpad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ready to launch Intuitive Machine's second CLPS mission for NASA.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at launchpad 39A at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center ready to launch Intuitive Machine&#8217;s second CLPS mission for NASA.<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The IM-2 mission is part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and contains science investigations for NASA, along with Lonestar Data Holdings, Columbia Sportswear, Nokia, Lunar Outpost, Puli Space, Dymon Co. Ltd. and the German Aerospace Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Athena will mark the fourth CLPS mission to launch in as many years, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/astrobotic-griffin-astrolab-flip-moon-rover-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another with Astrobotic will launch later this year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Athena will be the first mission to test mining resources on the Moon. It will use a drill to collect and examine lunar soil for organic materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">4G network on the moon?<\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">If Intuitive Machines sticks another landing, it will help test the first cellular network on the Moon. Nokia&#8217;s Bell Labs&#8217;s Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) is a &#8220;network in a box&#8221; designed to operate on the lunar South Pole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-19-at-3.39.14-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A rendering of the MAPP rover and Nova-C lander on the Moon\u2019s surface, courtesy of Intuitive Machines, 2) Nokia base station unit, re-engineered for the lunar mission.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A rendering of the MAPP rover and Nova-C lander on the Moon\u2019s surface, courtesy of Intuitive Machines, 2) Nokia base station unit, re-engineered for the lunar mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Nokia Bell Labs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/astrobotic-griffin-astrolab-flip-moon-rover-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ASTROBOTIC FINDS NEW PRIVATE MOON ROVER TO DELIVER AFTER NASA PULLS PLUG ON VIPER MISSION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Two Moon vehicles will be deployed to test the 4G network: Intuitive Machines\u2019 Micro-Nova Hopper named &#8220;Grace&#8221; and Lunar Outpost\u2019s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover. Both vehicles will use the LSCS to communicate with Athena on the Moon, even when Grace descends into the permanently shadowed craters of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Nokia and Intuitive Machines hope to transmit photos and video, potentially of the first image of ice on the Moon, back to Athena through the lunar cellular network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-15rqm1fhgnck65ig\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/320\/179\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/640\/358\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/768\/432\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/1536\/864\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/992\/558\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/1984\/1116\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37916850717\/992\/558\/sixz2pcnvw00aepi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This video taken by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander shows the far side of the Moon from about 75 miles above the surface. Blue Ghost is set to touch down on the Moon in early March.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">This video taken by Firefly&#8217;s Blue Ghost lunar lander shows the far side of the Moon from about 75 miles above the surface. Blue Ghost is set to touch down on the Moon in early March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When NASA&#8217;s Artemis astronauts land on the Moon in the next few years, their spacesuits will use similar Nokia cellular technology.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s launch sets up the U.S. for two lunar landings in under a week. On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/moon-earth-space-blue-ghost-lunar-landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefly Aerospace&#8217;s Blue Ghost lander<\/a> is scheduled to land on the near-side of the Moon. Four days later, Intuitive Machine&#8217;s Athena will come in for landing on the lunar South Pole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/intuitive-machines-spacex-moon-lander-athena-launch\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 VIDEO: Houston-based company Intuitive Machines said it successfully landed its Odysseus lander on the Moon. 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