‘Odie’ lunar mission takes off, aiming for historic US moon landing

Accuweather - Space ^ | Feb 15, 2024 8:11 AM CST | By Jackie Wattles,

[Texan4Life]

Lunar landing scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 22nd in the afternoon by 4:30pm CST.

https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1760442834329473383

https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1758899202174685589

https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1760426223073734704

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/02/21/intuitive-machines-nasa-science-progress-toward-moon-landing/

[Texan4Life]

The first attempt at a US landing on the moon in many decades will occur today around 4:30pm CST. Coverage begins about and hour and half before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg2ffigGcYM

[Texan4Life]

Now 5:24pm CST for the lunar landing...

[Texan4Life]

NASA explained that this was a relativity low cost mission by design. NASA said they could fund 10 of these low cost mission for the price one major mission, like one of the ones to Mars for example.

What led to the current lander having a bad landing was simple human error on this relatively low cost mission. The safety covers on the laser navigation devices were not removed before sending the lander for launch.

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