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Altimeter problems, lighting challenges caused IM-2 lunar lander to fall on its side
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13.5.2025
#Athena #IM2 #IntuitiveMachines #Mond #Mondlander #Mondlandung #moon #NASA #NovaC #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight
#IntuitiveMachines
Commercial competition and cooperation at the moon
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/commercial-competition-and-cooperation-at-the-moon/
Moon RACER Activates Self-Driving Mode for Lunar Exploration
On a rugged mock moonscape, the Moon RACER team demonstrated its terrestrial Lunar Terrain Vehicle mock-up’s ability to autonomously navigate using advanced LiDAR and perception software.
https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/moon-racer-activates-self-driving-mode-for-lunar-exploration
#space #moon #RACER #MoonRACER #IntuitiveMachines #engineering #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #LIDAR
The first probe we sent to the moon fell over.
The second probe we sent to the moon fell over.
The third probe we sent to the moon caught fire, fell over, and then sank into a swamp.
But the 5th one stayed up! (jer) #MontyPython #IntuitiveMachines #IM2 #Athena
Direkt Sondenmüll. (b n) #Athena #Mond #schönerWort #IntuitiveMachines
A lunar lander named for the Greek goddess of wisdom landed near the Moon’s southern pole but unfortunately ended up on its side at an angle, preventing it from recharging its batteries and causing the 10-day mission to be canceled just hours after landing.
#science #athenalander #nasa #moon #pagan #intuitivemachines
"Not a bad way to die, with the Earth between you legs"
Intuitive Machines Athena
Processed, undistorted,cropped image
Original: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-receives-some-data-before-intuitive-machines-ends-lunar-mission/
Intuitive Machines maanlander dood verklaart na omvallen op zijn kant
De Athena-lander kan zijn batterijen niet opladen vanwege de oriëntatie van zijn zonnepanelen.
De Athena-lander belandde op zijn kant op het oppervlak van de Maan. Credit: Intuitive Machines
Minder dan een dag nadat Intuitive Machines op de Maan landd
https://www.kuuke.nl/intuitive-machines-maanlander-dood-verklaart-na-omvallen-op-zijn-kant/
#athena #IntuitiveMachines #maan #maanlander #MonsMouton #nasa
Other companies said I was daft to land a lander on the moon, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the regolith. So, I built a second one. That feĺl over onto its side. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the regolith, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest Intuitive Machine in Mons Mouton.
@intuitivemachines.bsky.social What is the status of YAOKI? Did its mission suffer the same fate as Athena?😢 #athena #moon #intuitivemachines #yaoki #dymon 🇯🇵
With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, Intuitive Machines does not expect Athena to recharge. The mission has concluded and teams are continuing to assess the data collected throughout the mission. #IntuitiveMachines #dead
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole.
#HealthScience #NASA #News #Space #IntuitiveMachines #LunarLander #Nasa #PrivateSpaceTravel
So the moon lander is toast, tipped over in a crater.
The part that gets me is this quote:
"The bigger, four-wheeled rover never made it off the fallen lander, but data beamed back indicates it survived and could have driven away had everything gone well"
The thing should've had an explosive emergency deploy, and a tow hitch and four-way flashers and they could've had it drag the failed lander back to a good location and orientation. Beep, beep, beep, "backing up here."
Another one bites the (Moon)dust!
This is Intuitive Machines' #IM2 lander that once again toppled over after trying to land on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole.
The picture had lots of detail hidden in the shadows which I brought out in processing.
#Athena came to rest inside a crater, 250m from its intended target. “With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the #solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, #IntuitiveMachines does not expect Athena to recharge 🔋”. Issues with Athena’s laser altimeter may have contributed to the bad landing https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-company-says-moon-mission-over-after-landing-sideways-again
Na Měsíci přistál modul Athena americké firmy Intuitive Machines
AN
#mesic #luna #athena #IntuitiveMachines #vesmir
https://azanoviny.eu/2025/03/06/na-mesici-pristal-modul-athena-americke-firmy-intuitive-machines/
"A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. ... 'The mission has concluded and teams are continuing to assess the data collected throughout the mission,' the company said in a statement."
Athena lying on its side / Athena liegt auf der Seite
".. lander, Athena, landed 250 meters from its intended landing site in the Mons Mouton region .. Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface confirmed that Athena was on her side. .. in the crater, Intuitive Machines does not expect Athena to recharge. The mission has concluded .."
https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-2
7.3.2025
#Athena #IM2 #IntuitiveMachines #Mond #Mondlander #Mondlandung #moon #NASA #NovaC #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight
Entre échec et espoir : #IntuitiveMachines de nouveau confronté à un atterrissage bancal sur la Lune http://sci3nc.es/TJNpTR
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