{"id":89711,"date":"2024-02-15T02:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=89711"},"modified":"2024-02-21T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:32:59","slug":"first-u-s-moon-lander-in-50-years-lifts-off-from-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/89711-first-u-s-moon-lander-in-50-years-lifts-off-from-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"First U.S. Moon Lander in 50 Years Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATE: <\/strong>The IM-1 Odysseus lander has entered lunar orbit. The latest plan is for the lunar craft to land on the moon around 5:30 p.m. EST on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Falcon 9 rocket supporting the IM-1 lunar lander Odysseus and carrying a special storage disk made with support from OWC lifts off from Cape Canaveral. Screen shot credit: Spaceflightnow live stream<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OWC is “one giant leap” closer to the moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early this morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, as part of Intuitive Machines Inc.’s IM-1 mission to the moon’s South Pole<\/a>. High atop the Falcon 9 rocket was an unmanned Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander named Odysseus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odysseus is carrying several payloads\u2014some of which belong to NASA and some of which are commercial payloads. Inside one of those commercial payloads is a special data storage disk made with help from the folks here at OWC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the launch of IM-1 here (the launch happens at around 1:59:22):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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