A robotic lunar lander launched by a private U.S. company is scheduled to reach the moon Thursday afternoon. If all goes according to plan, the unmanned Odysseus, which is operated by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface at 5:30 p.m. ET. It would be the first American mission to […]
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Intuitive Machines’ private Odysseus lander snaps 1st moon photo, enters lunar orbit
Odysseus is now circling the moon. The robotic Odysseus spacecraft, built by Houston company Intuitive Machines, arrived in lunar orbit this morning (Feb. 21) after acing a crucial maneuver. “Odysseus completed its scheduled 408-second main engine lunar orbit insertion burn and is currently in a 92-km [57 miles] circular lunar orbit,” Intuitive Machines announced via […]
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander is aiming for a crater near the moon’s south pole. Here’s why
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus mission is targeting touch down near the moon’s south pole this week for a historic lunar landing. The Nova-C lunar lander, named Odysseus, was built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines and launched to the moon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]
What time will Intuitive Machines’ private Odysseus probe land on the moon on Feb. 22? How to watch live
The private company Intuitive Machines could soon make history as its commercial lunar lander, Odysseus, will attempt to land near the moon’s south pole on Thursday (Feb. 22). If successful, the Intuitive Machines lander will become the first-ever private probe to soft-land on the moon and mark the first U.S. landing on the lunar surface […]
Intuitive Machines’ private Odysseus moon lander on track for Feb. 22 lunar landing
The voyaging Odysseus remains on course for a moon landing this week. The Odysseus moon lander, built by Houston company Intuitive Machines, completed two engine burns in deep space on Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 and is sailing on the right course through space, the company said on X. The mission lifted off on a […]
Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space
A pioneering moon lander has beamed home its first photos from the final frontier. Intuitive Machines‘ robotic Odysseus spacecraft snapped a few selfies with Earth in the background shortly after its Feb. 15 launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — and we can all check them out. “Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission […]
New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt to make a historic landing at the moon’s south pole
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 humankind landed on the moon for the first time. But the perfect touchdown of the Eagle lunar lander by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong […]
Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch
A pioneering private moon mission is going well so far. The robotic Odysseus moon lander, which was built by Houston company Intuitive Machines, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning (Feb. 15) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The liftoff went smoothly, and Odysseus got up and running on its own […]
SpaceX launches private ‘Odysseus’ lander on pioneering moon mission (video)
A potentially history-making private moon mission is underway. Odysseus, a robotic lunar lander built by the 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 (Feb. 15). If all goes according to plan, Odysseus will touch down near the moon‘s south […]
‘Odysseus’ successfully launches in attempt to put first private lander on the moon
Second time was a charm for a Houston-based company that launched a privately built moon lander into space early Thursday. The spacecraft, developed by Intuitive Machines, lifted off at 1:05 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The lander rode into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch was […]
‘Odysseus’ to launch in bid to become first private lander on the moon
A Houston-based company is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon early Wednesday in a bid to become the first to land a commercially built probe on the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft, nicknamed Odysseus, is scheduled to lift off at 12:57 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The lander will hitch a ride […]