New images from Odysseus moon lander released - CBS News

Derrick Pitts is chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute,a science museum in Philadelphia.*Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR)

Odysseus lander reaches moon, but tips over

Unfortunately,the mission isn't a complete success as IM-1 flopped over on its side.Some of the scientific instruments will work,but others won't.It hasn't been revealed yet which ones will work.So NASA and Intuitive Machines will face some hard questions.

Intuitive Machines-1 Lunar Landing (Official NASA Broadcast) starts at 4:33

NASA's payloads on the IM-1 lunar lander aim to learn about the terrain and communications at the lunar south pole,incuding the first ever radio telescope on the Moon.*Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR)

Intuitive Machines-1 Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - 15 February 2024 - NASA Kennedy Space Center - night launch

You will see:liftoff;deployment of IM-1 spacecraft to begin its voyage to the Moon;first acquisition of carrier signal from IM-1 (confirmation of spacecraft communicating with mission control).IM-1 carries six NASA payloads,including a laser reflctor to help with future linar landings and a small radio telescope to scope out the possibilities for radio telescopes on the Moon,and ascertain the level of extraneous interference with Artemis Lunar Science activity.