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A new lunar lander is set to launch to the moon's south pole this week

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Intuitive Machines is the first private company to successfully land on the moon's surface.

The company's Athena lander is scheduled to launch Wednesday at 7:17 p.m. ET from NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida .

It will carry a drill and set of instruments to study the chemical makeup of rocks and soil beneath the lunar surface.

If all goes according to plan on Wednesday , the spacecraft could touch down as early as March 6 .

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