LIVE: Lunar Landing of Intuitive Machines-1 (NOVA-C / Odysseus)

Live Coverage of Intuitive Machines-1 lunar landing. Tune in to the live webcast to witness the final moments of the descent and landing sequence, as iSpace’s spacecraft approaches the Moon’s surface and touches down with precision. Intuitive Machines IM-1 uncrewed Moon lander, named Odysseus will attempt a groundbreaking touchdown at the lunar South Pole! Scheduled for Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 5:30pm ET (2230 UTC), this mission aims to make history by becoming the first-ever private probe to softly land on the moon. If successful, it will also mark the first U.S. landing on the lunar surface since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The Intuitive Machines 1 (IM-1, TO2-IM) mission’s primary objective is to deploy the NOVA-C lander, Odysseus, at crater Malapert A near the moon’s south pole. Launched on February 15, 2024, at 06:05 UT (1:05 a.m. EST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center, this mission is set to make lunar exploration history.