Odysseus, the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, got tripped up just before touchdown and now rests horizontally on its side on the lunar surface.. Steve Altemus, CEO of ...

Odysseus lander tipped over on the moon: Here's why NASA says the mission was still a success Concerns that the sideways landing spelled doom for the mission appear to have been for naught: As of ...

Odysseus landed about 185 miles (300 kilometers) from the Moon’s south pole, near a crater named Malapert A. The area is part of the rugged polar highlands, the same region Artemis landings will ...

Odysseus landed at 80.13 degrees south latitude, 1.44 degrees east longitude, at an elevation of 8,461 feet (2,579 meters). The image is 3,192 feet (973 meters) wide, and lunar north is up.

The Odysseus lunar lander is sideways on the moon, Intuitive Machines, the company that built the vehicle, said during a news conference Friday. The revelation comes after Intuitive Machines had ...

On board Odysseus are six science and tech demonstration payloads from NASA, which the space agency paid Intuitive Machines — via a contract worth up to $118 million — to fly to the lunar surface.

Despite technical issues nearly causing a delay, Odysseus reached the surface of the moon at approximately 6:23 p.m. ET on Feb. 22, also making it the first commercial lunar landing in U.S. history.

The Odysseus lander transmitted its initial pictures from the moon on Monday, a day after becoming the first U.S. spacecraft make a soft landing on the lunar surface since 1972.