Odysseus passes over the near side of the moon on February 21, 2024, the day the Intuitive Machines discover a major error that nearly ends the mission.Intuitive Machines The CEO of Intuitive Machines said a safety switch in the lander’s navigation was accidentally left on. This carelessness turned the historic lunar landing of Odysseus’ lander… Read More »
Houston-based Intuitive Machines prepared Odysseus’ landing site It will be the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon today, in a thrilling one-hour and 13-minute descent from orbit. moon landing It has been around for over 50 years and is the first time it has been carried out by a private company. A day… Read More »
Private company Intuitive Machines may soon make history when its commercial lunar lander Odysseus attempts to land near the moon’s south pole on Thursday, February 22. If successful, the Intuitive Machines lander would be the first private probe to make a soft landing on the moon and the first U.S. landing on the lunar surface… Read More »
A potentially history-making special lunar mission is underway. Odysseus, the robotic lunar lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida early this morning (February 15). If all goes as planned, Odysseus will land near the Moon’s south pole on February… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface, aiming to make the first lunar landing of a US-made spacecraft in fifty years. The launch comes on… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Odysseus Lunar Lander, nicknamed “Odie”, will embark on a historic journey to the lunar surface, aiming to make the first landing of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in fifty years. The upcoming launch… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »
The full moon hangs in the same frame as Orion, inside the payload shell on the SLS rocket. Experts are now piecing together potential photo missions for NASA’s crewed Artemis 2 lunar mission, scheduled for September 2025. stuck inside Orion spacecraftThey will be launched towards the moon by NASA Space Launch System (SLS) launches the… Read More »
Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the Moon when its spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface early Saturday, officials said. But a problem with the power supply means the mission could be compromised. Officials also said they needed more time to analyze whether the spacecraft, which did not carry an astronaut,… Read More »