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Odysseus will nap after sending moon landing snapshots
Intuitive Machines says it’s putting its Odysseus moon lander to bed for a long lunar night, with hopes of reviving it once the sun rises again near the moon’s south pole.

The Houston-based company and NASA recapped Odysseus’s six days of operation on the lunar surface, share
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/28/odysseus-will-nap-after-sending-moon-landing-snapshots/
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Odysseus has less than a day left on the Moon before it freezes to death - Enlarge / NASA's LRO found Odysseus on the Moon. (credit: NASA/Goddard/... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005870 #odysseuslander #science #space

Odysseus sends pictures after its messy moon landing
Four days after Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander made an off-kilter touchdown on the moon, the mission team is releasing snapshots that were taken during its descent.

The ultra-wide-angle images confirm that the lander is continuing to communicate with flight controllers, even
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/26/odysseus-sends-pictures-after-its-messy-moon-landing/
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Yup.

"However, for reasons that Altemus did not entirely explain, the lander came down a bit faster than anticipated—6 mph (2.7 m/s) instead of 2 mph (0.9 m/s). Still, this pace, about the same as a moderate walk, was within the tolerances of the vehicle's landing legs and structures to withstand. The problem is that the vehicle also had a lateral motion of about 2 mph, when it was supposed to come straight down."

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https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/nasa-found-the-private-lander-on-the-moon-but-its-lifetime-is-running-short/

Odysseus moon lander is tipped over — but sending data
The bad news is that Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander is tipped on its side after getting tripped up during its touchdown near the south pole of the moon. The good news? The plucky robotic spacecraft is nevertheless able to send back data.

Mission managers at the Houston-b
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/23/odysseus-moon-lander-is-tipped-over-but-sending-data/
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Geschafft: Heute Nacht ist die US-Raumsonde „Odysseus“ erfolgreich auf dem Mond gelandet – trotz technischer Probleme kurz vor dem Landeanflug. #Mondlandung #OdysseusLander #NASA #IntuitiveMachines #Odie #Mond #Raumfahrt
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/odysseus-us-mondlandung-ist-geglueckt/

A little US company makes history by landing on the Moon - Enlarge / Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon following luna... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005254 #intuitivemachines #odysseuslander #science #space

Odysseus moon lander makes a tenuous touchdown
Intuitive Machines‘ Odysseus lander made space history today — becoming the first commercial spacecraft to survive a descent to the moon, and the first U.S.-built spacecraft to do so since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. But it wasn’t a trouble-free landing.

Ground controllers had a hard time
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/22/odysseus-moon-lander-makes-a-tenuous-touchdown/
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Odysseus moon lander takes selfies with Earth in view
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has beamed back a series of snapshots that were captured as it headed out from the Earth toward the moon, and one of the pictures features Australia front and center.

The shots also show the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that lau
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/18/odysseus-moon-lander-takes-selfies-with-earth-in-view/
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