ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } NASA to Launch Second Commercial Probe, Aims for Moon’s South Pole – BCI 24 News Network
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NASA to Launch Second Commercial Probe, Aims for Moon’s South Pole

26 February 2025 12:06 PM
BCI 24 News Network

NASA is set to take its latest unmanned moonshot from the Florida coast on Feb. 26, this time taking close aim at the ultimate destination of its Artemis Program: the Lunar South Pole.
The second lunar lander named Athena, built by the company Intuitive Machines, will leave the planet atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39A on Feb. 26. This is the latest example of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission.
It will take Athena about a week to get to the moon, landing no earlier than March 6, aiming for a lunar plateau at the south pole called Mons Mouton. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft will also be launching as a “rideshare with the IM-2 delivery,” NASA said in a press release….