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

The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.

"Athena continues to be in excellent health, completing lunar orbits every two hours, waiting for the sun to rise on her intended south pole region landing site, Mons Mouton," one March 4 post says.

Operation Polar Star III was categorized as a diplomatic ... The first time that a Chilean president arrives at the South Pole“ proves ”Chile's Antarctic vocation,“ Boric also argued.

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Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the Moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago.