Human technology like cell phones and broadcast towers constantly radiate radio waves into space, and astronomers estimate this tell-tale signature of humanity has swept across 75 nearby star systems, signaling to any watchful alien civilization that Earth hosts a technologically advanced species. And, while scientists have listened to the incessant radio chatter from our planet […]
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, lost power and went dormant on Thursday as it entered a frigid lunar night, ending its core mission after a lopsided touchdown one week ago that hindered its operations and scientific goals. Intuitive Machines, […]
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was “still kicking” on Thursday but nearing shutdown, as scientists watched out for the final signals from its multi-million-dollar mission to collect data. The spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface a week ago […]
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander overcame a number of hurdles during its epic touchdown last week, including one or more broken legs. The 14-foot-tall (4.3 meters) Odysseus settled onto the gray dirt near the moon‘s south pole on Thursday (Feb. 22), pulling off the first American lunar landing since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. […]
Odysseus, which touched down on the moon last week, has about three hours left before Intuitive Machines puts it “to sleep” in hopes that the lunar lander can be woken back up in a few weeks, company officials said Wednesday. On Tuesday morning, the company said Odysseus – nicknamed Odie — had about 10-20 hours […]
Remarkable new images from the Odysseus mission capture the spacecraft — the first US-made vehicle to make a soft touchdown on the moon in five decades — in the moments directly after its harrowing and historic touchdown on the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that developed the Odysseus lander, shared the photos at […]
(Reuters) -The Odysseus moon lander continues to generate solar power, allowing flight controllers to gather data from the south pole region, Intuitive Machines said on Wednesday. Flight controllers are analyzing new solar charging data and using additional time to maximize tasks, the company said. It will hold a news conference with NASA at the Johnson […]
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has beamed home a few more photos of its pioneering journey to the moon. Odysseus touched down about 190 miles (300 kilometers) from the moon‘s south pole on Thursday (Feb. 22), becoming the first private spacecraft ever to land softly on Earth’s nearest neighbor — and the first American vehicle to do […]
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Flight control engineers expect to lose contact with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, cutting short the mission five days after its sideways touchdown, the company behind the spacecraft, Intuitive Machines , said on Monday. It remained to be seen how much scientific data might be […]
It has been four days since the first private moon landing took place, an event shrouded in a variety of emotions. We’ll get into that in just a bit. First things first, a few hours ago, we got some brand new footage of the feat — as well as a sad but inevitable update on […]
The Odysseus spacecraft has dispatched new images it captured of the lunar surface during the lander’s harrowing approach to the moon. The vehicle softly touched down on the moon on Thursday, becoming the first US-made lander to do so since the Apollo era. The grainy images were shared by Intuitive Machines, the company that developed […]
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the tipped-over Odysseus lander on the surface of the moon, officials said Monday, confirming it touched down less than a mile from its planned landing site near the moon’s south pole. Odysseus builder Intuitive Machines of Houston posted a picture captured by the lander during its final descent, along […]