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Private lunar lander Odysseus set to arrive on moon’s surface

Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on Friday. The images were captured shortly after separation from SpaceX's second stage on Intuitive Machines' first journey to the moon under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. Photo courtesy of Intuitive Machines/UPI
1 of 5 | Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on Friday. The images were captured shortly after separation from SpaceX’s second stage on Intuitive Machines’ first journey to the moon under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. Photo courtesy of Intuitive Machines/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 22 (UPI) — NASA will provide live coverage of the first commercial landing of an American unmanned spacecraft on the moon Thursday.

The Intuitive Machines Odysseus lunar lander is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface at 6:30 p.m. EST, where it will transmit data back to Earth.

NASA announced Wednesday that the spacecraft had successfully completed lunar orbital insertion at about 60 miles above the surface.

NASA will provide live coverage of the landing on NASA TV, its YouTube channel and the NASA app beginning at 5 p.m. EST.

The Odysseus lander is one of many commercial projects being supported by NASA as part of the Artemis Initiative, which supports private space exploration ahead of the planned Artemis mission, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface.

The spacecraft was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 15.

The mission was originally intended to land at the Oceanus Procellarum, but the landing site was later changed to the Malapert A region.

“The decision to move from the original landing site in Oceanus Procellarum was based on a need to learn more about terrain and communications near the lunar south pole,” NASA said in a press release.

The mission is the second commercial mission under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and the first mission from Intuitive Machines.

“The NASA payloads will focus on demonstrating communication, navigation and precision landing technologies and gathering scientific data about rocket plume and lunar surface interactions,” NASA said.

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