Intuitive Machines' second moon lander was launched on Wednesday atop a SpaceX rocket, setting off for the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the company's first attempt ended early with a lopsided landing.

The company reached the lunar surface in 2024, and now its second lander aims to improve on the feat. Three other spacecraft also hitched a ride on the SpaceX rocket.

Intuitive Machines calls its lander a Nova-C class vehicle. This specific lander also has a specific name: Athena. And the entire mission that Intuitive Machines is running, putting Athena on the moon to deliver cargo and beam back data to Earth, is called the IM-2 (for Intuitive Machines' second landing) mission.