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2024-02-15 · 2 years ago

IM-1 — launch

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IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched down near the Malapert-A crater in the Moon's southern hemisphere on February 22, 2024. It had launched on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on February 15. IM-1 was the first lunar soft landing by a private company and the first US lunar soft landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. It was the second launch under CLPS, after the failure of Peregrine Mission One in January 2024. After contact with the lunar surface, the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IM-1. Original timeline Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines. Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#2024. Description adapted from Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Category
Launches and Flight Tests
Type
Orbital launch
Subjects
Space transportation
Mission
IM-1
Organization
SpaceX
Vehicle
Falcon 9
Location
NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Country
US
Outcome
Successful

Context and qualifications

Launch code: OS. Source references: Wire; -.

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