After a nail-biting landing and tense silence on the lunar surface, the United States returned to the moon. The robotic lander Odysseus, built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, touched down near the moon’s south pole this evening (February 22). This was a turning point for space exploration: No private spacecraft had ever made a soft… Read More »
Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander, which will fly to the moon in February.Intuitive Machines/NASA NASA returned to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years on Thursday with the help of Houston-based company Intuitive Machines. The uncrewed Odysseus lunar lander, built and operated by Intuitive Machines, became the first commercial spacecraft to land… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected problems hours before landing. “I know it’s frustrating, but we’re on the surface and we’re transmitting,” Intuitive Machines… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected problems hours before landing. “I know it’s frustrating, but we’re on the surface and we’re transmitting,” Intuitive Machines… Read More »
NASA is calling for candidates to apply to be test subjects for the upcoming human space exploration Mars study, which will last throughout the Earth year. Is this something you want to do? It’s a paid position, but how much is one year of your life worth? This should be your first question. And there… 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 »
A view from the Intuitive Machines Odysseus mission in Earth orbit on February 16, 2024. (Intuitive Machines via The New York Times) On Wednesday morning, a robotic lunar lander launched by a company in Houston came close to reaching the moon. The Intuitive Machines company announced that the Odysseus spacecraft fired its engine for six… Read More »
On Wednesday morning, a robotic lunar lander launched by a company in Houston came close to reaching the moon. The Intuitive Machines company announced that the Odysseus spacecraft fired its engine for six minutes and 48 seconds, slowing down enough to be pulled by the moon’s gravity into a circular orbit 51 miles above the… 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 »
NASA is preparing to send two small twin spacecraft around the world to collect data to help combat climate change. Shoebox-sized satellites in the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE), or “Cube satellites,” will blast off in Spring 2024. It will reach an altitude of between 292 and 403 miles (470 and… Read More »