Photo: A Private Moon Landing

Odysseus became the first private spacecraft to have a successful soft moon landing—kind of.

On February 22, Odysseus became the first private spacecraft to have a (largely) successful soft moon landing. It launched seven days earlier on another private sector success, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Developed by Intuitive Machines, the mission carried cargo from NASA in addition to commercial and academic customers. Odysseus landed on its side, however, limiting how much data it was able to send in the limited number of days it had before being engulfed in the cold lunar night.

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[Gaear Grimsrud]

Pretty sure it was all filmed at a Hollywood sound stage.

[TheReEncogitationer]

It was Space Sirens who forced Odysseus to lay on his side.
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[TJJ2000]

It's amazing what people can do for themselves when Gov-Guns finally allows them to do it themselves.

[Dan S.]

How can that be a photo of it? Taken from where? Isn't it just an "artist's conception"? It has to be, so why label this piece as "Photo"?

[mad.casual]

Odysseus landed on its side, however, limiting how much data it was able to send in the limited number of days it had before being engulfed in the cold lunar night.

Just turn the antenna 90 degrees and give the receiver a good thump. Fuckin' Zoomers.