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This image provided by Intuitive Machines on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the south pole region of the Moon. The toppled lunar lander is still beaming back pictures of the moon, as its nears the final hours of its life. The photos were taken shortly before last Thursday's touchdown. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

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Toppled moon lander sends back more images, with only hours left until it dies
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Tue,02/27/24-10:11AM , 70 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moon lander that ended up on its side managed to beam back more pictures, with only hours remaining before it dies.
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These photos provided by NASA show images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team which confirmed Odysseus completed its landing. After traveling more than 600,000 miles, Odysseus landed within 1.5 km of its intended Malapert A landing site, using a contingent laser range-finding system patched hours before landing. (NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP)

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Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Mon,02/26/24-9:26AM , 58 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon.
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FILE- Picture shows the moon's surface taken by the Russian moonprobe Luna 9, Feb. 4, 1966. The pictures for the first time enable scientists to analyze the microstructure of the moon's surface. The picture was released by the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, which picked up Luna 9's signals. (AP Photo/File)

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Here's a look at moon landing hits and misses
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Fri,02/23/24-11:16AM , 73 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.
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Intuitive Machines says its lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole. (Feb. 23)

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Private US spacecraft is on its side on the moon with some antennas covered up, the company says
By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Fri,02/23/24-10:37AM , 69 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday.
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