The Odysseus Moon Lander Is Officially Out of Power

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After just about a week on the Moon’s surface, the Odysseus lander is officially out of power as the long lunar night begins. In the last few days, we received even more images showcasing its position on the surface, broken landing legs, and tilt. This comes in addition to another press conference revealing what payloads were affected and the state of the lander.

While it’s possible that Odysseus survives the lunar night, teams at Intuitive Machines didn’t design the lander to do so which means the mission has likely come to an end. Here I will go more in-depth into the new images, the lander’s power, final operations, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - More New Images
3:05 - Out of Power

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Moon's newest tourist attraction :- The Leaning Tower Of Odysseus.

mikeomolt

Lander: I’m out of power
Mission Control: well shit

Crusader

Voyager 1 and 2 rolling their eyes and muttering about Odysseus: "Sheesh, kids these days!

JohnLRice

2:52 Yes IM did modify their software to use the NASA LIDAR (NDL) system. However, during the February 18th press conference IM's Steve Altemus and Tim Crain made note that "data valid flag" programing was not properly populated and NDL in fact didn't work for the landing. The lander was only able to use the camera system and IMU for range and location data. These inherently inaccurate systems resulted in the lander hitting hard and breaking a landing leg. If the LIDAR system had worked, they most likely would have "nailed" the landing. The engine bell hit the surface and the engine continued to fire after landing. Apparently, the IM-1 lunar lander did not have a surface contact sensor like the Apollo LEM did and was relying on LIDAR data. All things considered, the mission was a success and the problems that occurred are fixable.

WWeronko

“Something might not be acting correctly.” Yeah, roger that

tpot

This was a "Remove Before Flight" failure. It's fate was sealed before it left Earth.

feloniouscraphammer

When you design with ZERO WHAT IF senerios

Fatpumpumlovah

52 years after the last Apollo Mission to the Moon, the Odysseus (1) can't land without falling over; and (2) loses power in a matter of days.
Now that's scientific progress.

EZALAS

I'm sure the fine folks over at Intuitive have reasons for their lander design, but hopefully the next one will be wider than it is tall, making it less likely to tip over, even with a busted leg. I'll never understand how you can use the word "success" at any time regarding this landing.

ncjay

This failed mission is proof that in 1969 we did not land on the moon and much less take off and land back on earth. Ever wonder why these new rovers and landers are not designed to return to earth? Became the technology is still not available.

gabrielalamberti

Probably shouldn't haul passengers till your landing percentage gets higher than fitty🤔

kenkahn

It's a shame that of all the Well Engineered thought into this vehicle Engineers decided too ignore and then cheapen out of the importance of landing. Especially on a very rocky, non level and hard surface. An 8 degree pitch would had been recoverable if landing dimension at ruggedness was just a little bit more robust.

ricdale

From this mission, I would say it is largely a success. One gets the impression they have some very smart people AFTER launch who are amazing at solving problems. Unfortunately, they have some people who made some unwise decisions BEFORE launch; for example the decision not to review the pre-flight checklist which resulted in the LIDAR LASER not being enabled. If it had been correct, there is little down they would have had a nice, safe, slow, vertical landing with no horizontal translation. I told my brother about this. He said, "The one who was supposed to check the LIDAR is now working at a place that requires a paper hat, name tag, and the phrase, "Do you want fries with that?" My brother is a funny man.

antonnym

The US has successfully landed multiple spacecraft on the Moon and Mars and it will continue to do so. A nation doesn't progress without mistakes.

OneOfThoseTypes