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Private Athena moon lander enters lunar orbit ahead of March 6 touchdown try

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Texas -based Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander has made it to the moon.

The Athena lander fired its engines for eight minutes and 12 seconds on Monday (March 3 ) The mission's flight team applauded a successful lunar orbit insertion after engine shutdown was confirmed.

Athena entered lunar orbit just a day after fellow Texas company Firefly Aerospace aced its own lunar landing.

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