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65dBnoise<p>"Not a bad way to die, with the Earth between you legs"<br> Intuitive Machines Athena</p><p>Processed, undistorted,cropped image<br>Original: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-receives-some-data-before-intuitive-machines-ends-lunar-mission/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-rec</span><span class="invisible">eives-some-data-before-intuitive-machines-ends-lunar-mission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AThena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AThena</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Simeon Schmauß<p>Another one bites the (Moon)dust! </p><p>This is Intuitive Machines' <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM2</span></a> lander that once again toppled over after trying to land on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole. </p><p>The picture had lots of detail hidden in the shadows which I brought out in processing.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CLPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLPS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> came to rest inside a crater, 250m from its intended target. “With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> does not expect Athena to recharge 🔋”. Issues with Athena’s laser altimeter may have contributed to the bad landing <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-company-says-moon-mission-over-after-landing-sideways-again" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">straitstimes.com/world/united-</span><span class="invisible">states/us-company-says-moon-mission-over-after-landing-sideways-again</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceNavigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceNavigation</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</p><p>Robert Heinlein wasn't referring to landing there, which is almost always trivial in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a>, but I find that novel's title suitable for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a>' trouble in landing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>. </p><p>Government funded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceEconomy</span></a>, i.e. subsidizing private companies to supposedly get cheaper/quicker results, has yet to prove any of it is true. What is true though, is that it has made <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> richer. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> is not an accident. </p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon</span><span class="invisible">_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> was communicating with controllers and generating solar power, officials said. But 20 minutes after touchdown, Crain still was unable to confirm if everything was all right with the lander. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> abruptly ended their live landing webcast, promising more updates at a news conference later in the afternoon <a href="https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-nasa-intuitive-machines-athena-cf4a88baa6644fb381dbaea497001d51" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/moon-landin</span><span class="invisible">g-nasa-intuitive-machines-athena-cf4a88baa6644fb381dbaea497001d51</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCommunication</span></a></p>
RTN<p>Lander in power positive state.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM2</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mond</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mondlander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mondlander</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mondlandung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mondlandung</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NovaC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NovaC</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Raumfahrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raumfahrt</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SpaceFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFlight</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> 2 lunar landing 12:32 p.m. EST (06:32 pm CET) on 📆 Thursday, March 6 <a href="https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/intuitive-machines-2-lunar-landing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/</span><span class="invisible">intuitive-machines-2-lunar-landing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM2</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>📆 2025 preview :</p><p>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> 🌙 deliveries by <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Astrobotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobotic</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefly</span></a> Aerospace.<br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SPHEREx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPHEREx</span></a> will create a map of the universe 🌌 <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>'s 🇪🇺 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRider</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> orbital test flight <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>'s 🇯🇵 lunar lander and micro-rover <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Tianwen2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tianwen2</span></a> 🇨🇳 collects samples from a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> ☄️ <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/BepiColombo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BepiColombo</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a><br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/EuropaClipper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropaClipper</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a><br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> flyby<br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/JUICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JUICE</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a><br><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-missions-coming-in-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astronomy.com/space-exploratio</span><span class="invisible">n/space-missions-coming-in-2025</span></a></p><p>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SierraSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/DreamChaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DreamChaser</span></a> test mission to the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> <a href="https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planetary.org/articles/calenda</span><span class="invisible">r-of-space-events-2025</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>📆 April 3 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> announced it had selected <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LunarOutpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarOutpost</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Astrolab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrolab</span></a> to develop Lunar 🌙 Terrain Vehicles 🚐 <a href="https://spacesymposium365.org/nasa-selects-intuitive-machines-lunar-outpost-and-astrolab-to-develop-artemis-lunar-terrain-vehicles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacesymposium365.org/nasa-sel</span><span class="invisible">ects-intuitive-machines-lunar-outpost-and-astrolab-to-develop-artemis-lunar-terrain-vehicles/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LunarRover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarRover</span></a></p>
Tergenev<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@picard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>picard</span></a></span> <br>Is that sort of like realizing you forgot to add a laser safing signal wire to the wiring harness on your laser range finder? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM1</span></a></p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>The Odysseus Moon Lander Sent One Final Photo Before Its Power Ran Out <a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/03/04/the-odysseus-moon-lander-sent-one-final-photo-before-its-power-ran-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2024/03/04/the-o</span><span class="invisible">dysseus-moon-lander-sent-one-final-photo-before-its-power-ran-out/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/moonlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moonlanding</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/moonlander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moonlander</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/lander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lander</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Swapna Krishna<p>OKAY. Let’s break down what we’ve learned about the Intuitive Machines mission and talk about, given what we know, was it a success?</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIyIrA4s0To" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fIyIrA4s0T</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> began developing a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rocket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engine</span></a> powered by liquid <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNG</span></a> and liquid oxygen combined with a technology to allow a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lander</span></a> to remotely detect safe landing zones without aid from the ground and target its landing to a safe location called <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ALHAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALHAT</span></a>.<br>This research helped Intuitive Machines’ land first <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>.</p><p>Get a print or other item with this image at <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/project-morpheus-lander-heron-and-fox.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p</span><span class="invisible">roject-morpheus-lander-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ProjectMorpheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectMorpheus</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM1</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odysseus</span></a></p>
gtbarry<p>The Odysseus lunar lander's payload included a 30-million page library </p><p>included in the spacecraft's payload a lunar library that carries nothing less than "a backup of human knowledge that will now endure untouched on the Moon for eternity" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gutenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gutenberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArchMissionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArchMissionFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/102019-odysseus-lunar-lander-payload-included-30-million-page.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techspot.com/news/102019-odyss</span><span class="invisible">eus-lunar-lander-payload-included-30-million-page.html</span></a></p>
Swapna Krishna<p>Did you see that Reuters article that said skipping a pre-flight check may have led to the Intuitive Machines lander Odysseus tipping over?</p><p>I break it down here.</p><p>Newsletter version (note that this didn't get emailed out because I've posted so much this week): <a href="https://www.adastraspace.com/p/intuitive-machines-laser-range-finders" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adastraspace.com/p/intuitive-m</span><span class="invisible">achines-laser-range-finders</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2092GNat2A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=W2092GNat2</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>The last accurate altitude reading the lander received came when it was 15 kilometers above the lunar surface - and still more than 12 minutes from touchdown. By comparing imagery data frame by frame, the flight computer could determine how fast it was moving relative to the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> 🌙 surface. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odysseus</span></a> was coming down three times faster and with a lateral speed of 2 meters per second <a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/it-turns-out-that-odysseus-landed-on-the-moon-without-any-altimetry-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/</span><span class="invisible">it-turns-out-that-odysseus-landed-on-the-moon-without-any-altimetry-data/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM1</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MoonLander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLander</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Flight control engineers expect to lose contact with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus on Tuesday, cutting the mission short five days after failure of its laser-guided ranger finders caused it to touch down sideways. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/27/world/society/moon-lander-odysseus-mission/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/</span><span class="invisible">27/world/society/moon-lander-odysseus-mission/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/odysseusspacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odysseusspacecraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a></p>
Prof Heino Falcke<p>It is remarkably silent about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> lander from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a>, however, that communication suggests that it will be shut down today, due to lack of power. At least some science experiments will not have collected any data. Going to the moon is hard and expensive. Apart from India and China the rest of the world doesn’t seem to be able to land properly on the moon (yet).<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronautics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronautics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceexploration</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://7c27f7d6-4a0b-4269-aee9-80e85c3db26a.usrfiles.com/ugd/7c27f7_357496b3ba404948ba24ad63081b5d23.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">7c27f7d6-4a0b-4269-aee9-80e85c</span><span class="invisible">3db26a.usrfiles.com/ugd/7c27f7_357496b3ba404948ba24ad63081b5d23.pdf</span></a></p>
Swapna Krishna<p>The first IM-1 moon photos are here...but they may look different than you expected. If you are confused by the photos, I break it down for you.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/intuitivemachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intuitivemachines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/PE6yaNoymVE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/PE6yaNoymVE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>On 📆 Feb. 24, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s Lunar 🌙 Reconnaissance Orbiter (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LRO</span></a>) spacecraft 🛰️ passed over the landing site at an altitude of about 90 km and photographed 📷 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/lro/nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/missions/lro/nasas-lr</span><span class="invisible">o-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IM1</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MoonLander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLander</span></a></p>