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IM-1 was the first soft lunar landing by a private company [9] [10] and Odysseus was the first American-made spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Steve Altemus, CEO of IM, says Nova-C is the first spacecraft to use liquid methane and liquid oxygen ( methalox ) propulsion beyond low-Earth orbit, and also the first ...
It landed with a "rough" [citation needed] - soft landing on 22 February 2024 in the South Pole region of the moon, approximately at 80.13° South latitude and 1.44° East longitude, inside a shallow 1 km diameter crater with a 12° slope. The lander came to rest about 1.5 km away from the intended landing site near the Malapert A crater.
Moon landing: 'Odysseus' touches down on lunar surface. ... 2024 at 8:49 PM. ... In addition to being the first commercial spacecraft on the moon, Odysseus also joins an elite club: Only the space ...
Odysseus is also the first US Moon landing since the final mission of the Apollo programme, ... — NASA (@NASA) February 22, 2024. Odysseus is a hexagonal cylinder about 13ft (4m) tall and 5ft (1 ...
“Today for the first time in more than a half century, the U.S. has returned to the moon.” Altemus had estimated that Odysseus had an 80% chance of successfully landing on the moon, citing ...
What time is the moon landing for Odysseus? Watch the 2024 moon landing live stream here As of this writing, Intuitive Machines is targeting touchdown of Odysseus for 4:30 p.m. Central Time.
IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus launched on 15 February 2024 towards the Moon via Falcon 9 on a direct intercept trajectory and later landed in the south polar region of the Moon on 22 February 2024 and became the first successful private lander and the first to do so using cryogenic propellants. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs ...
The Odysseus lunar lander made a successful touchdown near the south pole of the moon Thursday evening, marking the first uncrewed U.S. commercial moon landing and the U.S.' first return to the ...