In the statement made about the landing and current status of the Odysseus spacecraft, developed by the US-based private company Intuitive Machines, on the Moon, “Odysseus is alive and well. Flight controllers communicate and command the vehicle to download science data. The lander’s telemetry and solar charging are good. “We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s location information (Lat/Lon), general health and attitude (orientation).”
After inertial measurement sensors showed that the body of the vehicle was in a horizontal position, Steve Altemus, CEO and co-founder of Intuitive Machines, said in a statement on the subject that they did not know why the vehicle was in a horizontal position, but that it may have tripped on the surface and fell because there was still some lateral movement at the time of landing. . One of the possibilities considered was that Odysseus broke one of his legs while landing.
ODYSSEUS SHARED THE WIDE VIEW OF THE MOON
Intuitive Machines stated that the spacecraft took a wide-field image of the Schomberger crater on the Moon in an area far from the planned landing site.
In the statement made about the image, it was said: “On February 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Lunar vehicle captured a wide-field image of the Schomberger crater on the Moon at an altitude of approximately 10 km, approximately 200 km away from the planned landing site.” (DHA)
