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Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site

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Houston -based Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit.

Athena launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida 's Space Coast on Feb. 26 and entered lunar orbit this week .

The company's second mission to the moon is scheduled to attempt a landing attempt on March 6 .

Josh Obeidallah is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration.

He has covered the evolution of NASA 's commercial spaceflight partnerships and crewed missions from the Space Coast .

He also enjoys building 1:144-scale model rockets and human-flown spacecraft.