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 »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. On July 20, 1969, the world watched as man set foot on the moon for the first time. However, it was not easy for NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong to make… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. On July 20, 1969, the world watched as man set foot on the moon for the first time. But the perfect landing of Eagle’s lunar lander by NASA astronaut Neil… 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 »
A technology used to protect the first astronauts to land on the moon is now returning to the lunar surface, and you may already have some of this technology hanging in your cloakroom. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander “Odysseus” (“Odie” for short) will attempt to become the first U.S.-built commercial spacecraft to land on the… 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 »
SpaceX will launch a custom-built lunar lander to the moon for the company Intuitive Machines on February 14, and if you want to know where and when it will lift off, we’ve got you covered. The IM-1 mission will launch Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C spacecraft to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida… 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 »