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www.livescience.com
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| | | | | Intuitive Machines successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon's south pole in a historic mission that puts the U.S. back on lunar soil for the first time in over 50 years. | |
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www.dlr.de
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| | | | | On 22 February 2024, the US 'New Space' company Intuitive Machines became the first private company to land on the Moon with its IM-1 Odysseus mission. The landing site is located around 800 kilometres north of the lunar South Pole, east of the Malapert A crater. According to Intuitive Machines, the landing took place just 1500 metres from the intended landing site, meaning that Odysseus is located in the south of the South Pole-Aitken impact basin which measures over 2000 kilometres in diameter. The exact landing coordinates are 80.13 degrees South and 1.44 degrees East. The lander is on a surface at an incline of 12 degrees and topographical height of 2579 metres above the reference 'selenoid' - a modelled 'lunar surface' with identical gravitational pull. | |
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masten.aero
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| | | | | Masten's Xelene lunar lander will deliver several instruments to assess the composition of the Moon, detect volatiles and evaluate radiation. | |
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www.thespacereview.com
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| | | [AI summary] India's Chandrayaan-3 mission detected sulfur at its lunar landing site, offering insights into the origins of water ice at the Moon's poles and aiding in the search for sustainable lunar infrastructure. | ||
