Lunar probe Odysseus transmitted first images from space
- February 18, 2024
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Intuitive Machines’ US robotic lunar probe Odysseus took the first photographs from space and sent them back to Earth as part of the IM-1 mission. This is reported
Intuitive Machines’ US robotic lunar probe Odysseus took the first photographs from space and sent them back to Earth as part of the IM-1 mission.
This is reported on the company’s website social networks HAccording to Ukrinform.
“The images were taken shortly after separation from the second stage of the SpaceX rocket during Intuitive Machines’ first trip to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services – ed.) initiative,” the statement said.
The company released four images.
Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted the first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were taken shortly after they broke up. @SpaceXThe second stage of the Intuitive Machines’ first journey to the Moon @NASA‘s CLPS initiative. pic.twitter.com/9LccL6q5tF
— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) February 17, 2024
As Ukrinform reported, SpaceX sent the Odysseus landing module, built by private American company Intuitive Machines, to the moon on Thursday, February 15.
Odysseus is expected to land near the moon’s south pole on February 22, becoming the first private spacecraft in history to land on Earth’s moon.
12 cargoes were placed on Odysseus. Six of them, including the laser reflector and radio devices, belong to NASA. The devices are designed to collect data to help NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to build a habitable base near the Moon’s south pole by the end of this decade. The rest is owned by various private clients.
Photo: Intuitive Machines
Source: Ukrinform
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