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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. [6]
The Intuitive Machines Nova-C, or simply Nova-C, is a class of lunar landers designed by Intuitive Machines (IM) to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon. Intuitive Machines was one of three service providers awarded task orders in 2019 for delivery of NASA science payloads to the Moon. [8]
IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus launched on 15 February 2024 towards the Moon via Falcon 9 on a direct intercept trajectory and later landed in the south polar region of the Moon on 22 February 2024 and became the first successful private lander and the first to do so using cryogenic propellants. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs ...
IM-1: 15 February 2024 Intuitive Machines: Nova-C: Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A: Falcon 9: 7 days [25] The lander carried six NASA-sponsored instruments, as well as six payloads from other customers, including EagleCAM. [26] The Odysseus lander successfully touched down at Malapert A near the lunar south pole on 22 February 2024. [27]
The company launched its first mission, with Nova-C spending seven days travelling to the Moon. On February 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines landed its Nova-C class lander named Odysseus IM-1 spacecraft on the Moon making the first landing by the US in more than 50 years since Apollo 17 touched down in 1972.
Their Nova-C lander was contracted to land four NASA payloads (about 92 kg in total) to study a lunar feature called Reiner Gamma. The mission was known as IM-3 mission and was planned to land on the Moon in 2024.
IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried in late February 2025 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. [3] [4] The company named this lander Athena. [5]
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