SpaceX rocket launches for moon's mysterious southern pole

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has launched a new private lunar lander to the moon for the company Intuitive Machines and NASA - the latest commercial mission to the moon.

For NASA, the goal is to study the moon in preparation for landing astronauts on its south pole in 2026.

That mission, named Artemis, seeks to explore an untapped area of the moon and begin a more continuous human presence on its surface.

Crucial to the mission is water.

NASA believes there could be hundreds of billions of gallons on the moon at its poles, which escape the heat of the sun.

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