The project is scheduled to launch in mid-February and is expected to reach the lunar surface on the 22nd of that month. If all goes as expected, it will become the first private module to reach a natural satellite.
Noah C. Photo: NASA
The NASA Planning to put the block Noah-C On the lunar surface, it will be the first individual to reach the moon. is rated as Its departure will be in mid-FebruaryNo exact date yet, and hope they are around On the 22nd of the same month I reached the natural satellite.
Chandra block Noah-C It was built by a private company Intuitive machines He is already inside a rocket Falcon 9D SpaceX– Company Elon Musk-, depart from it Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA), NASA revealed in a teleconference.
Vice President of Intuitive Machines Space Systems, Trent MartinThey pointed out that they still need to adjust SpaceX The launch date, which has a three-day lead time, and whatever falls within that margin, they expect the module to reach the moon's south pole on February 22.
Nova-C lunar module. Photo: Wikipedia.
Block, it's called Odysseus (Odysseus), will transport Six loads from NASA It will serve as preparation for work on the lunar surface, with instruments for research and technical experiments. Teams of future Artemis missions.
Loading the module will allow the US space agency Study space weather, surface interactions Y Test precision landing technologies For future navigation systems.
The surface of the moon. Photo: Unsplash.
In January, lunar module Peregrine, from AstroboticTen days after launch, the satellite could not be reached Cape Canaveral (Florida) It burst into flames upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
Although astrobotic engineers worked to salvage the mission, the spacecraft ran out of power to reach the lunar surface, failing to become the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. 1972Once the program is complete Apollo.
