How to Stream Intuitive Machines’ Thursday Moon Landing
Comcast and the MIT Media Lab are partnering to provide live coverage of the 20-day mission.
Comcast and the MIT Media Lab are partnering to provide live coverage of the 20-day mission.
Private lunar lander, carrying a suite of NASA science equipment, may arrive at the moon’s south pole as soon as Thursday.
Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lunar lander touched down on the moon’s surface at 6:23 p.m. EST.
The lunar lander is now closer to the moon than the end-to-end distance driving across Houston, nicknamed ‘Space City,’ according to Intuitive Machines.
The IM-1 mission represents the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years.
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander is in ‘excellent health’ and on track to be inserted into lunar orbit this week, the company said.
Following liftoff, NASA confirmed the spacecraft was stable and receiving solar power.