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  • Moon lander tipped sideways on lunar surface but 'alive and well'

    02/23/2024 5:42:18 PM PST · by Red Badger · 66 replies
    Reuters ^ | February 23, 20247:19 PM CST | By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette
    Feb 23 (Reuters) - The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is "alive and well" but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the U.S. since 1972, the company behind the vehicle said on Friday. The vehicle is believed to have caught one of its six landing feet on the lunar surface near the end of its final descent and tipped over, coming to rest sideways, propped up on a rock, an analysis of data by flight engineers showed, according to Houston-based Intuitive Machines...