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.
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.
When NASA’s Artemis astronauts land on the Moon in the next few years, their spacesuits will use similar Nokia cellular technology.
Wednesday’s launch sets up the U.S. for two lunar landings in under a week.
On Sunday, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is scheduled to land on the near-side of the Moon.
Four days later, Intuitive Machine’s Athena will come in for landing on the lunar South Pole.
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