Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communications System was supposed to be the first 4G network deployed on the moon and a test for future crewed missions. Things didn’t go to plan.

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK, Euronext: NOKIA) announced Tuesday the successful integration of Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into ...

To legally deploy the 4G network on the moon, Nokia received a waiver specifically for the IM-2 mission. “For permanent deployment we’ll have to pick a different frequency band,” Klein says.

NASA and Nokia have taken a major step in lunar exploration by deploying the first-ever mobile network on the Moon. As part of Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission, this initiative introduces the ...

Intuitive Machines and Nokia integrate LSCS to deploy the first cellular network on the Moon during IM-2 mission. Athena lander will transmit high-def video and data to Earth using Nokia's 4G/LTE ...

The mission is also designed to test a 4G communications system, developed by Nokia, on the moon’s surface. Nokia officials have said that such a network could be used to relay communications ...

Two Moon vehicles will be deployed to test the 4G network: Intuitive Machines’ Micro-Nova Hopper named “Grace” and Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover.

Related: Private moon lander will carry Nokia's 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year The AxEMU spacesuits, then, will be able to connect to the base station. They won't have a smartphone ...

Nokia Bell Labs, the company's research division, modified a thing or two about it (we're not told exactly what these changes are) to allow it to survive the rigors of space and space travel.

Moon landing mission: Intuitive Machines to launch 2nd lunar lander for NASA Intuitive Machines' Micro Nova Hopper. A small propulsive drone known as the Micro Nova Hopper will be able to explore ...

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena launched to the moon 04:43. With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop ...

The lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. If all goes well, Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) would land on the moon around March 6 in area known as Mons Mouton. On its way to the moon, it ...