The Odysseus spacecraft has successfully reached the lunar surface.
The Odysseus lander designed by private aerospace company Intuitive Machines has become the first US-made spacecraft to touch down on the Moon since 1972. It was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 15.
“Without a doubt, our equipment is on the surface of the Moon, and we are transmitting,” Intuitive Machines co-founder Tim Crain said during the livestream.
“Today for the first time in more than a half-century, the US has returned to the Moon,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said shortly after the 14-foot-tall lander successfully reached the lunar surface. “Today is a day that shows the power and promise of NASA’s commercial partnerships.”
While orbiting the Moon, Odysseus snapped a picture of the Bel’kovich crater.
Odysseus’ Terrain Relative Navigation camera captured this image of the Bel’kovich K crater in the Moon’s northern equatorial highlands.
It is an approximate 50 km diameter crater with mountains in the center, made when the crater was formed.
(21FEB2024 1750 CST) pic.twitter.com/0egu0NOrKP— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) February 21, 2024
The lander contains six NASA research devices, including equipment for analyzing lunar soil and the electron plasma.
The Odysseus also carries a work by American artist Jeff Koons – a transparent box with 125 stainless-steel round sculptures representing the phases of the Moon.
Just a couple hours away from the launch at 1AM EST Feb 14 of my artworks Moon Phases on Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission. The images capture the Nova-C lunar lander being encapsulated on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. I am honored to have the first authorized artwork on the Moon. pic.twitter.com/RpuSjbr7de
— Jeff Koons (@JeffKoons) February 13, 2024
The US stopped sending landers on the Moon after the Apollo 17 mission concluded in December 1972.
Last month, NASA announced that its Artemis II mission – a crewed lunar flyby – has been delayed until September 2025. The return of astronauts on the Moon is now expected in September 2026.
They just needed a couple decades for the CGI to improve 👍
Please let’s have some real – the red pill: The TR-3 with the exotic propulsion at least. Much better than repeating what has been done over 50 years before and pretending that’s the best we can do. Come on you MIL SPEC guys and girls, let’s see some truth. Let’s see some meaningful disclosure rather than this “let’s repeat what’s done before” B.S. whilst serious anti-gravity is done in secret without disclosure. Not acceptable and not cool! This patronizes humanity.
The solar warden has been operational for about 40 years and works with E.T.’s (people from other solar systems, other physical densities).
Stop messing around and disclose the truth.
NAGGA
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Mockumentary