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during its final approach to the lunar surface: when the sensors it intended to use during its final approach failed, the team
But the gambit appears to have paid off: at about 6:38pm, the livestream reported that it was receiving a signal from the lander indicating that the lander had safely made it to the surface of the Moon. "I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the on the surface, and we are transmitting," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said on theThe final step before making its final descent to the lunar surface was the lander's "powered descent," in which the craft fired up its engine for 11 minutes to slow its approach.
After that, there was a nervewracking communications blackout as the team here on Earth waited for confirmation that the landing had been successful. "We're not dead yet," one flight controller The landing was significant, as the first commercial lunar lander in history — not to mention the United States' first landing on the Moon since 1972. As such, it was a major coup for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services, which aims to pay private companies to shuttle equipment to the lunar surface.
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SpaceX launches private 'Odysseus' lander on pioneering moon mission (video)Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from spaceMichael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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Private US moon lander reaches lunar orbit ahead of touchdown attemptA moon lander reached lunar orbit on Wednesday, heading for an attempt at the first U.S. touchdown on Earth's nearest celestial neighbor in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private spacecraft.
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Watch Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus lander attempt historic moon landing todaySharmila is a Seattle-based science journalist. She found her love for astronomy in Carl Sagan's The Pale Blue Dot and has been hooked ever since. She holds an MA in Journalism from Northeastern University and has been a contributing writer for Astronomy Magazine since 2017. Follow her on Twitter at skuthunur.
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Private lander touches down on the moon but sending weak signalThe landing put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.
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Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 yearsFlight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years.
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