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 lunar lander captures amazing views of Earth after SpaceX launch

The Odysseus lunar lander is slated for a lunar landing attempt on 22 February 2024.It will carry six payloads for NASA,including the first ever radio telescope on the Moon.In the photos,the Moon is the brightest object.

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.

NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science

Intuitive Machines' IM-1 Mission will be launched to the Lunar South Pole as one of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).One of the payloads will be Radio Wave Observation at the lunar Surface of the photo-Electron Sheath.It is a small radio telescope that will observe the radio environment at the Moon's surface,including both natural and artificial sources.*Intuitive Machines (LUNR)

NASA Chooses First Payloads for Pre-Artemis Lunar Research

The crewed Artemis Moon missions,beginning in 2024,will be preceded by a lunar research campaign conducted by autonomous payloads to be launched beginning in 2021.The payloads will go to the Moon on two landers that were chosen in May 2019:Astrobiotic's Peregrine lander,launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket (11 payloads);and Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander,launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.The campaign is called the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).*
The payloads,each about the size of a shoebox,will conduct a wide range of research that will help determine the lunar exploration plans for,and ensure the safety of,the crewed Artemis missions.Areas being covered include navigation;contamination of research sites;advanced solar cells for longer lunar missions;the lunar radiation environment;lunar exosphere studies (the thin lunar atmosphere is referred to as an "exosphere");lunar resources evaluation;lunar regolith composition;neutron radiation studies;magnetic fields/energy and particle pathways at the lunar surface;and lunar radio observatory testing.*
Astrobiotic Technology,Inc.,of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,is a space robotics company that seeks to make high-capability space missions practical for a broad spectrum of business,scientific,and social applications.It was spun off of Carnegie Mellon University.
Intuitive Machines,LLC,of Houston,Texas,provides developing engineering solutions services to the aerospace,energy and medical industries.It has expertise in space systems,airborne systems,and additive manufacturing,creating and leveraging modern advances in AI algorithms,control systems,sensors,processes,and software tools.*