Space exploration company Intuitive Machines Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) is gearing up for its second moon landing attempt on Wednesday, with the anticipation sending its stock higher in after-hours trading.
What happened: The Houston-based firm, which made history last year by becoming the first private company to touchdown on the moon, prepares to land its Nova-C lunar lander near the lunar south pole.
Interestingly, the lunar lander, part of Intuitive Machines’ historic expedition last year, has an old connection with Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), the world’s largest meme cryptocurrency.
DOGE-1 was a satellite mission by Elon Musk’s space company, Space X, paid for entirely with the meme coin.
The satellite was supposed to go as a rideshare on …
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