The Odysseus moon landers won’t work after sideways landing
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shared a photo of the US-led Odysseus mission’s first Moon landing near the south pole of the moon. Odysseus, built by Lockheed Martin, landed within around two kilometres of its intended target near the Malapert A crater. Odysseus was launched in March and only had a week to operate before the long lunar night set in.
The first US Moon landing has been more than 50 years in the making
The US has become the first country to land a private mission on the Moon after Odysseus, a solar-powered spacecraft, landed on the lunar surface on Wednesday. NASA paid for much of the private mission, but is counting on companies like Intuitive Machines to help bring equipment to the Moon in order to get astronauts back there.