{"id":90162,"date":"2024-02-22T20:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=90162"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:17:09","slug":"odysseus-has-landed-u-s-makes-first-moon-landing-in-more-than-50-years-and-owc-was-along-for-the-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/90162-odysseus-has-landed-u-s-makes-first-moon-landing-in-more-than-50-years-and-owc-was-along-for-the-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Odysseus Has Landed: U.S. Makes First Moon Landing in More Than 50 Years\u2014and OWC Was Along For the Ride!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Intuitive Machines via X<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today at 6:23 p.m. EST, the Odysseus moon lander touched lunar soil, marking the first time a U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little more than 7 days after successfully launching from Cape Canaveral, the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission to the moon successfully delivered its stock of payloads to the moon’s South Pole. You can see video of the landing in the tweet below. It is the first lunar landing since NASA’s Apollo program ended with the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuitive Machines is a space exploration, infrastructure and services company. The IM-1 mission represents the company\u2019s first attempted lunar landing as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall CLPS initiative will play a key role in NASA\u2019s Artemis program and humanity\u2019s\u00a0return to the moon<\/a>. With plans to have human boots on lunar soil as early as next year, the payloads sent as part of IM-1 will deliver important artifacts and scientific tools that will \u201clay the foundation for human missions and a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface,\u201d according to Intuitive Machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond our country’s historic return to the moon, this lunar landing is of particularly special significance to those of us here at OWC. Among the payloads onboard Odysseus is a special data storage disk made with help from the folks here at OWC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your order was delivered\u2026 to the Moon! 📦@Int_Machines<\/a>' uncrewed lunar lander landed at 6:23pm ET (2323 UTC), bringing NASA science to the Moon's surface. These instruments will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under #Artemis<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/sS0poiWxrU<\/a><\/p>— NASA (@NASA) February 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>