Should the spacecraft "stick" the landing, the recently revealed footpad prints will be embedded in the moon's top soil, hidden forever from view.

After the launch, Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, Athena, will spend approximately one week in transit to the Moon before landing on the lunar surface no earlier than Thursday, March 6. The lander will carry NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to further our understanding of the Moon's environment and help prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface,