Watch Lunar Landing LIVE Tonight 2-22-2024

Quick in and out on this topic....but, for those interested, Intuitive Machines Lunar lander is about to touchdown on the surface of the moon, near the moon's south pole, around 6:24 pm. EST.

LIVE VIDEO:
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NASA LIVE FEED:
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NASA science is set to land on the Moon aboard Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lander. Touchdown is now targeted for 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 UTC) Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help us learn more about terrain and communications near the lunar South Pole.

For more information about our Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, visit: go.nasa.gov...
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ENJOY...and Godspeed!

a reply to: CarlLaFong

Odysseus eh? Interesting.

10 minutes to 'powered descent'.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

Watching live on NASA channel.

"Eagle Cam" should provide some very cool pics of actual landing.

ETA:

Main engine ignition.


I am old enough to remember the Apollo missions. Haven't felt this kind of anticipation and excitement in almost 50 years!

I'm wondering why they aren't showing the actual event. Just talk. Maybe a still shot of some pebbles.

Not enough bandwidth for a live feed.

11 minutes to TD.

originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
I'm wondering why they aren't showing the actual event. Just talk. Maybe a still shot of some pebbles.

Not enough bandwidth.

3 min to TD

Not looking good to be honest.

Still waiting for post landing confirmation through communications.

Sounds like it rolled in the final 30 meters acording to the automated info sent back. They do have a return signal now though.

I think the onboard computers chose it's own secondary landing site...and sat dishes are looking for it.
They ARE tracking a return signal.

Signal coming from lander's high gain antenna and receiver.

Surface landing confirmed.

Well, they’ve got some signal from the landers high gain antenna, but faint. Let’s hope it got down safely and can do what it needs to do.

If fully functioning...the lander will be on the moon for 7 days performing experiments and information gathering.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

I want whatever test is done to determine if its a bell or not.



(It's a bell!)

Can't wait to see some images.

Before they are willing to show us photos they will likely need to check then closely to make sure the picture is OK for us to see. Can't have something strange in what they show.

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After troubleshooting communications, flight controllers have confirmed Odysseus is upright and starting to send data.
Right now, we are working to downlink the first images from the lunar surface.
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