Lunar lander, Athena, launched on February 26, 2025,
- Stuart Myiow
- Apr 12
- 7 min read
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Crashed & declared dead!
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander, Athena, launched on February 26, 2025, at 7:16 p.m. EST from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission aimed to deliver scientific instruments to the Moon’s surface, including NASA’s PRIME-1 payload designed to investigate lunar ice deposits.
Athena successfully reached the Moon and attempted a landing on March 6, 2025. However, the lander encountered difficulties during descent, resulting in a touchdown approximately 820 feet from the intended site in the Mons Mouton region near the lunar south pole. The lander came to rest on its side within a crater, compromising the orientation of its solar panels and preventing battery recharging. Despite this, mission controllers managed to complete several key objectives, including operating NASA’s PRIME-1 drill suite, before the lander’s batteries were depleted. Due to the challenging conditions—such as the lander’s position, solar panel orientation, and extreme cold temperatures—Athena was unable to recharge, leading to the conclusion of the mission.
The Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander, launched on February 26th, ended its mission after landing on its side in a crater near the lunar south pole, similar to the company's previous attempt, and is now declared dead due to its inability to recharge its batteries.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Launch and Mission:
Athena, launched on February 26th, was part of Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission, aiming to land near the lunar south pole.
Landing Site and Orientation:
The lander touched down near the Mons Mouton region, about 100 miles from the lunar south pole, but ended up on its side in a crater.
Cause of the Problem:
The company stated that the lander's laser rangefinders experienced issues, leading to the off-target landing and the lander's sideways orientation.
Mission End:
Intuitive Machines confirmed that Athena's mission had concluded because the lander was unable to recharge its batteries due to the crater's orientation and extreme cold temperatures, according to NBC News.
Similar to Previous Attempt:
This is the second time Intuitive Machines has had a moon landing end with the lander on its side, according to Reuters.
Payloads:
Athena carried 11 payloads and scientific instruments, including NASA's Lunar Trailblazer orbiter and a probe built by the asteroid-mining company Astroforge.
AstroForge's Odin:
Odin, a spacecraft belonging to asteroid mining company AstroForge, also launched with Athena, but its mission ended prematurely as the spacecraft is believed to be tumbling and communication is unlikely.
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The second moon landing by Intuitive Machines (LUNR.O), opens new tab appears to have suffered the same fate as its first try last year, with data indicating the Athena lander ended on its side on the lunar surface after problems with its laser rangefinders, the U.S. company said.
They tell us that we all have an intimate relationship with the Moon. Hence any exploitation of Her, any alteration of Her mass or surface will have a dramatic irreversible effect on all living beings on the planet.
This understanding comes from the Native American ancient wisdom and is part of the natural law of creation. We, all human beings, need to understand the importance of protecting our Grandmother Moon for the sake of preserving life on Earth.
Meeting with the Mohawk people
A meeting between representatives of the Mohawk people and the United Nations of the Spirit was held on 25th May 2017. It was the first out of many, we pray, and the beginning of a sacred alliance for the welfare of all.
The Mohawk people are part of the indigenous people of North America. Despite the British and French colonization, they have preserved the ancestral knowledge of the cycles, origins and functions of:
Mother Earth,Grandmother Moon, our brother elder the Sun, our cousins the stars and our relationship with the Universe.
Very alarmed by the efforts of modern civilization to colonize the Moon, they contacted us to share their wisdom and concern about the future of life on Earth.
A Mohawk Opening:
The meeting started with a Mohawk opening on kanienkeha language.
Then it was translated to all participants:
We give thanks to the very first being within creation, which is Sky Woman. We give thanks to Sky Woman, because She has given us Spirit.
From there we give thanks to our Grandmother Moon. She is the beating heart of our Mother Earth and She have given us blood.
Then we give thanks to Mother Earth. She is the mother of us all and has given us body.
We give thanks to all the women, from the new born baby girls to the greatest grandmothers. They are all the mothers of our nations and are to be honored for their sacred role of a life giver, bringing life into this world.
Then we thank for being able to gather from all parts of the world and discuss the essential issue of protecting life. And we ask that everybody’s mind stays clear and focused.
Moon Effect on Earth
The central topic of our gathering was the Moon effect on Earth and the importance of fighting against Her destruction.
The Mohawk people teach us that everything is affected by Earth’s gravitational force – from a small stream to the vast oceans, from a single tree to the rainforests, from a tiny insect to the largest animals. If the Earth’s gravitational force is disrupted, all living beings on Earth will be disrupted.
We all function within the balance of our Mother Earth’s magnetic field and it is directly liked, affected and caused by our Grandmother Moon.
Therefore if we affect or change the Moon, we immediately alter Earth’s magnetic field. Then we immediately alter the gravitational force of our Mother Earth.
Our Grandmother Moon is literally the beating heart of our Mother Earth. She regulates the flow of the life blood upon our Mother Earth.
Everybody knows that the moon causes the tides in the Earth’s oceans. So if it can affect such enormous body of water as the oceans, then it is clear that it also moves our body of water. And everything is formed of water.
The Assault to our Grandmother Moon, Called NASA Moon Mission
There is a current, a worldwide assault to Grandmother Moon, the beating heart of our Mother Earth. There are 7.5 billion people, who are committed against the Moon, without realizing this. And the assault to the moon is planned.
“If I stab your heart, If I put a needle in your heart, what would happen? The first thing that would happen is that the heart would have heart palpitations, there will be fluctuations. You might not die right away. You might be alive for a minute and a half, two minutes, fully conscious. But all intents and purposes, from the second I stick this knife in your heart, you are dead.
Within one Moon there will be a knife sticking into the heart of our Mother Earth. And every woman is going to experience that final day, when they are going to know that something is wrong. They are going to notice that something is broken, something that cannot be fixed back. This is what we are looking at within one Moon.“,
The assault of our Grandmother Moon will irreversibly alter all women on the planet. They will be no longer able to experience their womanhood in a natural way. And this will happen to every plant, every fish, all the waters. Everything on the planet is about to be altered.
The assault of the Moon is planned and it has been carried on right from the foundation of the United Nations. Through the World Monetary Fund and the World Bank every nation on Earth is able to participate and support the destruction of their own lives.
Protect our Grandmother Moon
The efforts of the Mohawk people are focused on creating an alliance to protect our Grandmother Moon. The United Nations is not supporting their struggle; on the contrary, they are working hard to keep their message away from the public.
This call is towards the indigenous people and all the people, who respect the original peoples. It is a call to form an alliance and work together in truth. We all need to join our energy and strength to do something real, which can stop the destruction that is happening.
All the energy and focus of the Mohawk people is to protect our Grandmother Moon and live according to the natural law of creation. They continue with their native ceremonies:
planting the three sisters: corn, beans and squash,doing their moon ceremonies,bringing the young girls and boys into the natural cycle of the Moon ceremonies.
In this way they work to get people linked once again to the beating heart and the pulse of our Mother Earth with Her natural rhythm.
Final Words
Modern civilization has stepped away from the natural law of creation and has brought suffering and damage to all parts of the world, to all aspects of life.
Claiming it to be scientific and economic progress, NASA and the UN have developed a plan to exploit Grandmother Moon. This plan is indirectly supported by all people on the planet through the local tax regimes.
We need to spread awareness of the devastative effects of this plan, which will literally mean to stick a knife to the beating heart of our Mother Earth. We need to unite as protectors of life on Earth and do something real to prevent that from happening.
Slowly but surely, the "People" will awaken. It may only be a trickle at first but when one finds their "way" back, others will follow their lead and the flood gates will open.
As a body of life floating in these vast universal waters, our Mother Earth and every living thing upon her, are about to go through the biggest life changing experience ever.
It is we who will decide our fate, we may stay asleep and allow our mother Earth to fold into herself, which will begin the collapse of the Great Dream or we will rise to our Mother's aid and alter ourselves to become Onkwehonwe (true spirit beings) once again.
The move is ours to make, we are already in motion, all we have to do is follow the Heart of our Mother's and they will compel us to our greatest action yet - the action of the True Beings upon our Mother Earth with our voice shouted out to all Creation - "we return our Mothers to their natural seat of authority within all our Nations so they can manage the People properly once again".
Our Great Mother, SKYWOMAN, the Great Spiral of Creation, we call upon you to hear these words in every corner of this universe.
We are entering the time of "TIAKONSASE", The "New Face".
All must be prepared... Or your "Five Days" will be out of "time"!
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