It is the first in America in over half a century and is run by Intuituve Machines. A photo taken by him.
Odysseus landed on the moon. Photo by Unsplash.
He Odysseus Vol. That landed last Thursday Luna, Being First American landing. more than Half a centurySent a photo Lunar surface before its scheduled moon landing at 6:24 PM ET (11:24 PM GMT).
Intuitive machinesThe agency responsible for the work has been transferred Time to get off Due to the “correct maneuvers” and execution decision “An Extra Orbit” Before landing.
The Photograph Taken by Vol American private company Shows the northern parts of the moon as it approaches polo on, Unexplored territory, according to the US space agency NASA
Photograph of Odysseus before landing. Photo Intuitive Machines.
The A Texas companyMaking such history First American to set foot on the moon He explained that it was a navigation camera Odysseus caught the picture”Bel'kovich K from groove In the equatorial highlands North of the Moon.”
At the same time, the image he insists on is a Gray and wavy surface, It's about a pit About 50 kilometers in diameter, with mountains in the middle, This ecosystem was created when it was formed.
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The Landing of Odysseus
OdysseusFrom the series Noah-CThe past is gone February 15 from Florida With many tests NASA After landing on the moon, he will have a few days to do his job Experiments Before it practically freezes, due Low lunar temperature. All in all, that's about it Seven days Before arrival Lunar night At the South Pole, leave it Inoperable.
In particular, the landing It was near the massif Malabert, For some 300 kilometers from the South Pole from LunaAbundant area “uncertainty”, According to NASA experts. It was not planned Vol4.3 meters tall and weighing 675 kg, and was the first American to achieve that Luna After Apollo 17 In 1972, I returned Tierra.
The surface of the moon. Photo: Unsplash
Los researchers They believe that the area is made of materials from this Lunar HillsLike a landing pad Apollo 16. Its main purpose is taskThe IM-1carry away Scientific instruments and technical specifications Moon's South Pole.
Odysseus Traveled on a ship Falcon 9 rocket of the company SpaceX Departed at dawn on February 15 without any setbacks Initialize Complex 39A of Kennedy Space Center from NASA, In the center Florida
This is the second mission of this initiative Commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) of NASA, After Peregrineand is a part of Project Artemis Return Luna.
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Peregrine's volume and its failed attempt
Last January, Vol PeregrineFrom the company Astrobotic technology A failed attempt to land on the moon with charges from NASA and others are commercial due to fuel supply problems.
According to Intuitive machinesThe work seeks to create a Economic platform will carry scientific instruments NASA want LunaAs well as commercial cargo, pave a way Sustainable human existence In that natural satellite and its surroundings.
Shackleton Crater at the Moon's South Pole. Photo: NASA.
A moon landing site 13 regions That NASA is being considered Artemis III Mission, It will be First manned mission First manned flight of that project and landing Starship HLS, of SpaceX.
Various NASA instruments were carried Odysseus, Some are good Fuel gauge and cameras To capture sound and static images of the dust plume created by the block as it begins to descend into the block Lunar surface until it goes off.
Further Equipment To examine the interactions of natural activity And to man and analyze Speed and the direction of the vehicle and distance to the surface with greater precision when descending to landing
