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Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3, 2024. Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China . . .
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s newest arrival was said to be “alive and well” a day after making the first U.S. landing in half a century, but flight controllers were still trying to get a better handle on its bearings. Intuitive Machines reported Friday that it’s communicating with its lander, Odysseus, and sending […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact. Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it […]
Odysseus is the first spacecraft built by a private company to land on the lunar surface. The United States has pulled off its first lunar landing in more than half a century with a spacecraft built and operated by a Texas-based private company. Odysseus, an uncrewed robot lander built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines with funding […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact. Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had […]
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down on the moon Thursday after a historic, nail-biting descent following a last-minute navigation sensor malfunction, becoming the first U.S.-built spacecraft to stick a moon landing in more than 50 years . . .
5:58 p.m. ET, February 22, 2024 Odysseus is unexpectedly going to try to use NASA’s experimental Lidar for navigation From CNN’s Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles An apparent issue with Odysseus’ navigation systems will force the lander to rely on experimental technology. “Intuitive Machines made the decision to reassign the primary navigation sensors from Odysseus….to use the […]
A robotic spacecraft is expected to touch down on the moon’s surface Thursday night, in what will mark the United States’s first uncrewed commercial moon landing. The autonomous lander, called Odysseus, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 last Thursday. It was created by the company Intuitive Machines and is […]
A robotic lunar lander launched by a private U.S. company is scheduled to reach the moon Thursday evening. If all goes according to plan, the unmanned Odysseus, which is operated by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface at 6:24 . . .
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -During the pandemic, hundreds of black-owned businesses closed up shop. One of the few that didn’t was Mega Ace Media. Owners Vaughn and Thais Wilson changed their business and managed to thrive. As they looked back on their success ,the Wilsons wanted to help other business owners figure out how to improve […]