Odysseus, the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, got tripped up just before touchdown and now rests horizontally on its side on the lunar surface. Steve Altemus, CEO of ...

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Odysseus, which touched down on the moon last week, has about three hours left before Intuitive Machines puts it "to sleep" in hopes that the lunar lander can be woken back up in a few weeks ...

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, coming down faster than expected and moving slightly to one side at the moment of touchdown Thursday, apparently caught a footpad on the lunar surface and ...

The Odysseus lunar lander came in hot and fast during a dramatic moon landing nearly a week ago, which appeared to send the spacecraft toppling onto its side. The position of the craft seemed to ...

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The image captured Odysseus near its landing site at the moon's south pole. The first photo of the Odysseus lunar lander on the moon, the first U.S. spacecraft to make a soft landing on the lunar ...

The lander, named Odysseus, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, carrying experiments for NASA, the main sponsor. But it came in too fast last Thursday and the ...

Odysseus has now officially made history with its successful lunar touchdown — and none of it could have happened without some fast work from engineers on the ground and a breath-catching save ...

The lunar lander Odysseus, which touched down softly — if somewhat awkwardly — on the Moon last week, is alive and well. But after nearly a week of returning science data, it is running low on ...

Officials are still trying to get photos from the moon's surface. As the world waits for Odysseus to send its first images from the moon's surface, officials announced Friday afternoon that the ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --The Odysseus lander transmitted its initial pictures from the moon on Monday, five days after becoming the first U.S. spacecraft make a soft landing on the lunar surface since 1972.