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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/29\/23000351\/jeff-koons-artist-sculptures-intuitive-machines-moon-lander<\/a>
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Later this year, American artist Jeff Koons will be displaying some of his latest sculptures in their most exotic location yet: the surface of the Moon. Thanks to a new collaboration, Koons will create some new sculptures that will travel to the lunar surface on a robotic lunar lander made by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Intuitive Machines\u2019 lander is called Nova-C, which the company has been developing in partnership with NASA. For the last few years, NASA has been actively working toward sending humans back to the Moon through its Artemis program. And as part of that effort, NASA has been working with commercial companies to develop a whole fleet of vehicles \u2014 from smaller robotic landers and rovers to landers capable of carrying humans \u2014 that can touchdown on the Moon\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n

In 2019, NASA awarded three private companies with contracts<\/a> to develop robotic lunar landers that can demonstrate ways to land on the Moon. Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C was one of the winners, and the company has been working toward the lander\u2019s launch ever since. The tall, cylindrical Nova-C spacecraft will carry five scientific payloads for NASA and some commercial payloads, all mounted on the exterior of the spacecraft except for one designed to reside inside the lander\u2019s propulsion tanks.<\/p>\n

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