{"id":21789,"date":"2024-03-02T19:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-story-of-odysseus-americas-first-lunar-landing-since-apollo\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T19:44:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:44:33","slug":"the-story-of-odysseus-americas-first-lunar-landing-since-apollo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-story-of-odysseus-americas-first-lunar-landing-since-apollo\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Odysseus: America\u2019s first lunar landing since Apollo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Odysseus was not a perfect mission but it did the job<\/h2>\n

On February 15, Odysseus began its journey to the Moon launching on a Falcon 9 rocket from the historic LC-39A. This was a unique launch as it saw the first time SpaceX supported fueling of a payload with cryogenic propellent just before launch. This is why The IM-1 mission couldn\u2019t move pads, it required the special hardware.<\/p>\n

As Odysseus separated from the Falcon 9 second stage the spaceflight community hung out to see how this one would turn out. Just a few weeks prior, Astrobotic\u2019s first lunar lander suffered an early failure inside its propulsion module. With no other commercial lander having success at the Moon, we were all wondering what would go wrong with Odysseus.<\/p>\n

While the IM-1 mission was far from perfect, nothing was able to make Intuitive Machines call off the landing. On February 22, Odysseus softly<\/em> touched down on the lunar surface, overcoming troubles in its propulsion system, its laser range finder, and other systems along the way.<\/p>\n

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