The lunar orbiter captured images of the tipped-over moon lander belonging to Odysseus, which then transmitted them back.
Chang’e 5 lander on the surface of the Moon
The Chang’e 5 lander has been located on the Moon’s surface by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.tipped-over Odysseus lander
Officials confirmed on Monday that the surface of the moon was involved.it touched down
Within a mile of its intended landing location near the southern pole of the moon.
Intuitive Machines, a company based in Houston, shared an image taken by the Odysseus lander during its final descent. A slightly blurry photo was also included, believed to be taken after the landing, showing the rocky terrain surrounding the landing site.
“Intuitive Machines reported on their website that Odysseus is maintaining communication with flight controllers at Nova Control while on the moon.”
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— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) February 26, 2024
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images from NASA have verified that Odysseus landed at coordinates 80.13 degrees south latitude and 1.44 east longitude, with a height of 1.6 miles. This places the landing site within 5,000 feet of the crater named Malapert A.
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The company announced that after a journey of over 600,000 miles, Odysseus successfully landed within nine tenths of a mile of its intended landing spot at Malapert A.
A second picture displayed the lunar landscape beneath Odysseus as the spacecraft lowered directly towards the moon, with its stationary landing legs ready for landing.
On February 15, Odysseus departed from the Kennedy Space Center and arrived at 6:24 p.m. EST last Thursday, making it the first privately constructed spacecraft to successfully land on the moon and the first U.S. spacecraft to achieve this in over 50 years.
Intuitive Machines, as reported by the Associated Press.
As the spacecraft landed, it shifted slightly to one side. It seems that one of its six landing legs may have gotten stuck on a rock or in a crevice, causing the 14-foot-tall Odysseus to have issues during touchdown.
fall over to one side.
Although the lander successfully landed, its antennas were not correctly directed towards Earth, resulting in slower data transmission. However, the spacecraft will only remain functional for a few more days until the sun sets at its landing location, disabling its ability to produce solar power.
The lunar night did not harm Japan’s moon lander.
The SLIM lunar lander successfully landed on the moon.
On January 19, the probe tipped over onto its nose shortly before landing due to a malfunction in one of its engines. This resulted in an unbalanced thrust that caused it to hit the surface while still in motion.
The engineers were not anticipating the solar-powered spacecraft to withstand the lunar night, but the flight controllers confirmed that they were able to re-establish communication with the lander during the weekend.
The space agency reported that SLIM was able to survive the night on the moon’s surface and maintain communication abilities. However, due to the high temperature of the communication equipment during the midday hours, communication was cut short.
“In the future, plans will be put in place to resume observations once the temperature has cooled to an appropriate level.”
A picture of the landscape around X was shared on SLIM’s navigation cameras.
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