Aboard the lunar lander, NASA science instruments measured the radio noise generated by the Earth and Sun. Technology instruments, aided Intuitive Machines in navigating to the Moon and gathered distance and speed (velocity) of the lander as touched down on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis mission includes many firsts. This is the first time in over 50 years that an American organization has landed instruments on the surface of the Moon,\u201d said Joel Kearns, deputy association administrator for exploration of NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. \u201cThis mission also provides evidence of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services model, that NASA can purchase the service of sending instruments to the Moon and receiving their data back. Congratulations to the entire Intuitive Machines team and our NASA scientists and engineers for this next leap to advance exploration and our understanding of Earth\u2019s nearest neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>During transit from Earth to the Moon, all powered NASA instruments received data and completed transit checkouts.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bottom line is every NASA instrument has met some level of their objectives, and we are very excited about that,\u201d said Sue Lederer, project scientist for CLPS. \u201cWe all worked together and it\u2019s the people who really made a difference and made sure we overcame challenges to this incredible success \u2013 and that is where we are at today, with successes for all of our instruments.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n NASA and Intuitive Machines co-hosted a news conference<\/a> non Feb. 28 to provide a status update on the six NASA instruments that collected data on the IM-1 mission. Mission challenges and successes were discussed during the briefing, including more than approximately 500 megabytes of science, technology, and spacecraft data downloaded and ready for analysis by NASA and Intuitive Machines.<\/p>\n The first images from this historical mission are now available and showcase the orientation of the lander along with a view of the South Pole region on the Moon.\u00a0Odysseus is gently leaning into the lunar surface, preserving the ability to return scientific data. After successful transmission of images to Earth, Intuitive Machines continues to gain additional insight into Odysseus\u2019 position on the lunar surface.\u00a0All data gathered from this mission will aid Intuitive Machines in their next two CLPS contracts that NASA has previously awarded.<\/p>\n For more information about the agency\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, visit:\u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/clps<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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