Riding along with IM-2 is NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer satellite, managed by the agency’s. NASA's Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Artemis campaign,

Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander will land on March 6 near the Moon’s south pole, to study and identify different forms of water on the lunar surface.

This is the moment NASA launched the ‘Lunar Trailblazer’ orbiter on a mission to detect water on the moon. The satellite blasted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket along with IM-2, the latest Intuitive Machines robotic lunar lander,

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully deploying into space. But soon after, the mission hit a snag — engineers discovered power system issues that led to a loss of communication.