It also marked the first commercial based landing on the moon in U.S. history. The craft launched last week from NASA's Kennedy ... they said Odysseus tipped over, Feb. 23, 2024.

The Odysseus lunar ... make it to the moon. It's lunar landing also signals America's return to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era came to an end in 1972 as NASA eyes future moon ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later confirmed the precise location of Odysseus' landing site, which serves as the southernmost location where any craft has ever landed on the moon ...

The Odysseus lunar lander has made the first United States landing on the moon in more than 50 years, in what has been described as similar to a “cargo mission”. The moment marks the first ...

Named "Odysseus," the probe built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines hitched a ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It launched just after midnight last Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

The Odysseus moon landing has been ... Feb. 21, 2024. Intuitive Machines/AFP via Getty Images These robotic missions are important to explore the moon as NASA and the Canadian Space Agency prepare ...

Kenneth Chang A camera aboard Odysseus ... region later in 2024. Given that VIPER requires a new, larger lander and that Astrobotic remains unproven at landing on the moon, NASA could decide ...

It was expected to land at about 6:24PM ET and now mission control confirmed it is on the Moon and transmitting. Described by NASA as a “hexagonal cylinder” on six legs, the Nova-C Odysseus ...

If all goes to plan, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft will attempt a lunar landing Thursday, returning America to the moon's ... 9JXBdD4y6K — NASA (@NASA) February 22, 2024 Fortunately ...

Sponsor Message As it turned out, NASA's test lasers guided Odysseus to a close to bull's-eye landing, resulting in the first moon landing by a U.S. spacecraft since the Apollo program.

On February 22, Odysseus ... moon landing. It launched seven days earlier on another private sector success, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Developed by Intuitive Machines, the mission carried cargo ...

If all goes as planned, Odysseus ... main customer is NASA, which paid $118 million for the delivery of six instruments to the moon. NASA TV will stream coverage of the landing beginning at ...