A commercial lunar probe, Odysseus, will be landing on the moon today near the South Pole. Landing is currently set for 3:24PM PST. Intuitive Machines is the small startup company behind IM-1 mission. One thing different about this mission is that from beginning to end is being run my Intuitive Machines with NASA as one of the customers, versus NASA running a mission using a commercial entity as a contractor.
Sources:
- NASA Intuitive machines, IM-1 Lunar Lander LIVE Updates and tracking, Infinity (2024-02-22), https://www.youtube.com/live/N7rONBrQvvk?si=elIush4KsjZyY9Un
- Intuitive Machines-1 Lunar Landing (Official NASA Broadcast) (2024-02-22), https://www.youtube.com/live/Dg2ffigGcYM?si=WA7n_Zl3S–2031h
- IM-1, by Houston We Have a Podcast, episode 322 (2024-02-09), https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/im-1/
- IM-! Mission, Intuitive Machines (retrieved 2024-02-22), https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-1
