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| | | | | [AI summary] NASA's Artemis program marks a significant milestone with the successful landing of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander on the Moon, advancing scientific research and future human exploration. | |
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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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| | | | | First lander to drill on the Moon's south pole delayed for good Jeff Foust reports that NASA will provide an additional $12.4 million to Intuitive Machines for itsupcoming second Moon landing mission (IM-2) part of the agency's CLPS program for work related to changing the landing | |
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| | | The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon, which could launch as early as Feb. 5, are deep in training for the first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years. | ||
