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Moon landing goes sideways: Odysseus mission will be cut short after craft tipped over. The private U.S. spacecraft made it to the moon Thursday and ushered in a new era of lunar missions since NASA's Apollo program ended five decades ago. But the craft's sideways landing spelled doom.
Flight controllers are expected to lose contact Tuesday or Wednesday with the Odysseus lunar lander - just days after it toppled over while completing a historic moon landing.
The private U.S. spacecraft made it to the moon last Thursday and ushered in a new era of lunar missions since NASA's Apollo program ended five decades ago.
Then things went, well, sideways.
Intuitive Machines, the Houston space company that built Odysseus, said it's likely that the 14-foot-tall lander tipped over when it touched down on the moon after its foot caught on a rock. Fortunately for Intuitive Machines - and for NASA, the mission's primary customer - the lander maintained limited function even though its antennas were not pointed at Earth.
Mission controllers at the company rushed to gather as much data as they could, but they knew time was not on their side. Now, the energy-deprived spacecraft is expected to soon cease operating as its batteries drain and the sun moves across the sky away from its solar panels, Intuitive Machines said Monday.
On Tuesday morning, the company said the spacecraft had about 10 to 20 hours before losing contact.
28 фев 2024
