If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.

Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft is set to launch atop a SpaceX rocket Wednesday, aiming to land closer to the moon’s south pole than any vehicle has traveled before.

NASA satellites on SpaceX rocket will search for moon water NASA is to launch a NASA satellite on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to identify where water - a precious resource for lunar missions - resides on the moon's surface in places such as the permanently shadowed craters at its South Pole.