China News Service, March 25. According to the New York Post, on the 23rd local time, the American private company "Intuition Machines" announced that the lunar lander "Odysseus" it developed failed to "wake up" again. , has been permanently dormant.
According to reports, the Houston-based company "Intuitive Machines" posted on social media that day that, as expected, the solar panels of "Odysseus" had absorbed enough power to "wake up" it, but as of U.S. Central Standard Time At 10 a.m. on the 23rd, no signal was received from it back to the headquarters.
Image source: Screenshot of social media reports from the U.S. private company “Intuition Machine”
"After several days of waiting, it has been confirmed that the 'Odysseus' power system is no longer able to support it in completing communications again," the statement read. "This confirms that Odysseus is permanently dormant as the first lunar lander launched by private industry."
According to reports, "Odysseus" is a hexagonal cylinder, 4 meters high, 1.57 meters wide, and has 6 landing legs. The objectives of this mission include studying the interaction between the lander's engine plume and the lunar surface, radio astronomy, the interaction between space weather and the lunar surface, the lander's precise landing technology, and communication and navigation capabilities.
"Odysseus" was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On February 22, Odysseus rolled over during landing, but it has since completed multiple tests and sent back the data it collected.