Lunar Landing

[kiddiedoc]

Anyone else following the attempted lunar landing on Thursday by Intuitive Machines? Touchdown expected around 5 p.m.

 

[Hunter10139]

Unfortunately I'll still be working at that time. It will really be something to see if they pull it off.

 

[tbh]

I was finishing up at work...was the touchdown attempt successful, or were they forced to settle for a field goal?

 

[joevol33]

I was finishing up at work...was the touchdown attempt successful, or were they forced to settle for a field goal?

FG, after review it was ruled not a touchdown.

 

[joevol33]

This is actually the first I've heard of it

 

[kiddiedoc]

I was finishing up at work...was the touchdown attempt successful, or were they forced to settle for a field goal?

It's scheduled for Thursday around 5:45 p.m.

 

[kiddiedoc]

This is actually the first I've heard of it

First moon landing by the US in 50 years

 

[GreveHaller]

hope they find cheese this time

 

[VolNExile]

Odysseus has entered lunar orbit. Touchdown is now expected to be at or after 5:30 pm Eastern today.

NASA Sets Coverage of First US Uncrewed Commercial Moon Landing - NASA

Editor's Note: This advisory was updated Feb. 22, 2024, to reflect updated times for target landing and NASA coverage of the event.

www.nasa.gov

Some live-stream sources:

How to Stream NASA TV - NASA

NASA Television can be streamed through a variety of platforms to televisions, computers and mobile devices. Most NASA Television programming has closed

www.nasa.gov

 

[kiddiedoc]

ETA 3 minutes

 

[VolNExile]

Just got home, and it seems that they don’t quite know the status of the lander. Was anyone listening at the scheduled touchdown time and can update?

 

[kiddiedoc]

Yes, communications were lost as expected. Sounds like they have now confirmed landing and that it is transmitting. Just waiting to establish a good feed.

 

[chatsworth_vol]

Yes, communications were lost as expected. Sounds like they have now confirmed landing and that it is transmitting. Just waiting to establish a good feed.

I hope it's successful. Hell of a achievement to finally get something back there.

 

[VolNExile]

I hope it's successful. Hell of an achievement to finally get something back there.

A HUGE and critical preliminary step to the mission to Mars! So glad to see the space program back up and running.

 

[VolNExile]

Yes, communications were lost as expected. Sounds like they have now confirmed landing and that it is transmitting. Just waiting to establish a good feed.

Thanks! I couldn’t read the bland tones of the launch announcers.

 

[VolNExile]

CNN feed:

6:44 p.m. ET, February 22, 2024

Odysseus: "Welcome to the moon"​

From CNN's Jackie Wattles
"I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus just announced on the webcast. "Welcome to the moon."
The exact state of the lander is not yet clear. But the company has confirmed it has made contact

 

[kiddiedoc]

Thanks! I couldn’t read the bland tones of the launch announcers.

Ha, yeah the coverage was a bit unimpressive. Looking forward to images soon.

 

[VolNExile]

Ha, yeah the coverage was a bit unimpressive. Looking forward to images soon.

I’m so behind on this whole launch: I know a Saturn V SpaceX (my bad!) rocket lifted it, but is there a lunar orbiter that deployed the lander, or did the lander mosey its way to the moon on its own? If so, that’s a very impressive feat right there.

If there’s an orbiter, maybe we’ll eventually have some pics from space.

Edit to correct wrong rocket

 

[vols 30]

Was this filmed in Hollywood like the last one?

 

[DarkVolder]

Was this filmed in Hollywood like the last one?

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

 

[kiddiedoc]

I’m so behind on this whole launch: I know a Saturn V SpaceX (my bad!) rocket lifted it, but is there a lunar orbiter that deployed the lander, or did the lander mosey its way to the moon on its own? If so, that’s a very impressive feat right there.

If there’s an orbiter, maybe we’ll eventually have some pics from space.

Edit to correct wrong rocket

Odysseus was launched on a Falcon 9 and flew solo after deployment from the rocket.

 

[VolNExile]

Odysseus was launched on a Falcon 9 and flew solo after deployment from the rocket.

That’s a remarkable advance in astronautical engineering! Being able to travel from Earth orbit to lunar orbit, AND then land - that’s a lot of different things going on in a relatively tiny spacecraft.

 

[kiddiedoc]

That’s a remarkable advance in astronautical engineering! Being able to travel from Earth orbit to lunar orbit, AND then land - that’s a lot of different things going on in a relatively tiny spacecraft.

Heck yeah it is. The decent decel was crazy.

Honestly, it makes it even more amazing that we managed to land on the moon over half a century ago with less technology than we are holding in our hands right now.

 

[Sea Ray]

First moon landing by the US in 50 years

This is not what we envisioned of 2024 when we saw that last Apollo mission in 1972...having said that, I wish this mission the best

 

[Hunter10139]

Heck yeah it is. The decent decel was crazy.

Honestly, it makes it even more amazing that we managed to land on the moon over half a century ago with less technology than we are holding in our hands right now.

The work we do in space and science/engineering in general definitely stands on the shoulders of giants.