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Intuitive Machines-1
Sign in to saveAlso known as IM-1, Odysseus, TO2-IM, CLPS-2, Odie
IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines (IM) in February 2024 using a Nova-C lunar lander. After contact with the lunar surface on February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle. All instrument payloads remained functional and the mission was deemed a success. IM-1 was the first commercial mission to successfully soft-land on the Moon. NASA provided funding support for the mission through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The lander, named Odysseus, carried six NASA-developed payloads and several others from commercial and educational
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- EagleCam
- Spaceflight.names_list
- TO2-IMCLPS-2
- Spaceflight.image
- EagleCam_CGI.png
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The EagleCam CubeSat and its dispenser at deployment
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Technology demonstration
- Spaceflight.operator
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Intuitive Machines
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- EagleCam
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- CubeSat
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- ERAU Space Technologies Laboratory
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-299
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- LC-39A
- Spaceflight.insignia
- IM-1 insignia.png
- Spaceflight.insignia_caption
- IM-1 mission insigniaMotto: ADTIGO PLANITIA LUNAE(I touch the plains of the Moon)
- Spaceflight.programme
- 'Intuitive Machines Nova-C'''''
- Spaceflight.next_mission
- IM-2 (Athena)
- Spaceflight.programme2
- Commercial Lunar Payload Services
- Spaceflight.previous_mission2
- Peregrine M1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Nova-C
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- Intuitive Machines-2
- Mass
- 675
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines
- Official website
- intuitivemachines.com/im-1
- Image
- Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM 00309) (cropped).jpg
- Motto
- adtigo planitia lunae
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- space launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2024-02-15
- Commons category
- IM-1
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2024-02-22
- short name
- IM-1
- located on astronomical body
- Moon
- launch contractor
- SpaceX
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Background and selection
- Mission hardware
- Prior to launch
- Launch
- Early operations
- Commissioning burn
- Trajectory correction
- Lunar orbit
- Lunar landing
- Surface operations
- EagleCam
- Design and objectives
- Mission summary
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines (IM) in February 2024 using a Nova-C lunar lander. After contact with the lunar surface on February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle. All instrument payloads remained functional and the mission was deemed a success. IM-1 was the first commercial mission to successfully soft-land on the Moon. NASA provided funding support for the mission through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The lander, named Odysseus, carried six NASA-developed payloads and several others from commercial and educational customers. On February 29, Odysseus lost power and shut down with the start of the lunar night.
IM-1 was the first soft lunar landing by a private company and Odysseus was the first American-made spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Steve Altemus, CEO of IM, says Nova-C is the first spacecraft to use liquid methane and liquid oxygen (methalox) propulsion beyond low-Earth orbit, and also the first methalox spacecraft to land on an off-world celestial body.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Intuitive Machines-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.