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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1021 on: 03/25/2024 06:43 pm »
Space.com reporting end of misison https://www.space.com/intuitive-machines-im-1-moon-mission-ends

Intuitive Machines also confirming on their website https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-1

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As previously announced on February 29th, our IM-1 mission ended seven days after landing, as Odysseus’ mission was not intended to survive the harsh temperatures of the lunar night. Before its batteries were depleted, flight controllers tucked Odie into a configuration that could call home if various systems outperformed manufacturer expectations.



Intuitive Machines started listening for Odie’s wake-up signal on March 20, when we projected enough sunlight would potentially charge the lander's power system and turn on its radio.



As of March 23rd at 1030 A.M. Central Standard Time, flight controllers decided their projections were correct, and Odie’s power system would not complete another call home. This confirms that Odie has permanently faded after cementing its legacy into history as the first commercial lunar lander to land on the Moon.

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1022 on: 04/18/2024 03:37 pm »

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1023 on: 04/18/2024 07:42 pm »
Pre-launch IM-2 updates should probably go in the IM-2 launch thread unless they also give new post-mission information on IM-1.
« Last Edit: 04/18/2024 07:42 pm by theinternetftw »

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1024 on: 08/27/2024 06:58 pm »
Catching up on press conferences at the AAS meeting that happened in June, I came across this short presentation by Dr. Jack Burns at the University of Colorado, one of the two co-PIs for the ROLSES instrument payload.  His presentation starts at 26m16s, and then during the Q&A session that followed, a number of questions were directed to him.

Link with time jump: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OnOuxuMlzFw&t=26m16s

AAS playlist of June presentations:  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHhLixYnXcpsw2TDrCob28cU8Dx8MKnnr

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1026 on: 08/29/2024 10:17 pm »
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-intuitive-machines-lunar-south-pole-research-delivery/

From the press release:

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The Fluxgate Magnetometer will characterize certain magnetic fields to improve the understanding of energy and particle pathways at the lunar surface and is managed by NASA Goddard.

They must have pulled that off Dr. Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future.

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1027 on: 08/30/2024 10:40 pm »

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The Fluxgate Magnetometer will characterize certain magnetic fields to improve the understanding of energy and particle pathways at the lunar surface and is managed by NASA Goddard.

They must have pulled that off Dr. Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future.

https://www.fgsensors.com/ - been round for as long as I remember (my university was using them in the 70s)
Apologies in advance for any lack of civility - it's unintended

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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1029 on: 10/07/2024 10:47 pm »
LRO continues to image IM-1 on the surface (and other landers, of course).  Here is a May 2024 image with a glint off the broken leg, and an enlargement (north up) compared with the surface ILOA image.   




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Re: IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander
« Reply #1030 on: 10/07/2024 11:12 pm »
Also for IM-1 but also Firefly and Blue Moon MK 1, here:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20240005561/downloads/SCALPSS_development_240501.pdf

is a presentation on SCALPSS, the plume interaction camera. It describes the IM-1 activities including (apparently) four thumbnails of SCALPSS images taken on the surface.

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