{"id":620655,"date":"2024-02-26T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=620655"},"modified":"2024-02-26T08:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:45:41","slug":"nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/lro\/nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s LRO Images Intuitive Machine\u2019s Odysseus Lander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, completed a seven-day journey to lunar orbit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tech-contributes-to-soft-moon-landing-agency-science-underway\/\">softly landed<\/a> near crater Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon at 6:24 p.m. EST. On Feb. 24, NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the landing site at an altitude of about 56 miles (90 km) and photographed Odysseus.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?w=1100\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"grayscale image of Moon's rocky surface from above, with a small white dot at the center of the frame: IM-1 lander, location indicated with white arrow\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, on the Moon\u2019s surface on Feb. 24, 2024, at 1:57 p.m. EST). Odysseus landed at 80.13 degrees south latitude, 1.44 degrees east longitude, at an elevation of 8,461 feet (2,579 meters). The image is 3,192 feet (973 meters) wide, and lunar north is up. (LROC NAC frame M1463440322L)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Odysseus came to rest at 80.13 degrees south latitude, 1.44 degrees east longitude, 8,461 feet (2,579 meters) elevation, within a degraded one-kilometer diameter crater where the local terrain is sloped at 12 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/im1-animation-m172936310-m1463440322l.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/im1-animation-m172936310-m1463440322l.gif?w=1100\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"animation of two grayscale images (before and after) of Moon's rocky surface from above, with a small white dot at the center of the frame: IM-1 lander\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This image pair shows LRO views of the area surrounding the Odysseus site before (frame M172936310) and after (frame M1463440322L) its landing.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Odysseus\u00a0marks the first successful soft landing of NASA\u2019s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and the first time that new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?w=1100\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"grayscale image of Moon's rocky surface from above, with a small white dot at the center of the frame: IM-1 lander\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-no-arrow-1100x1100-crop.png?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This image is the same as the one above, but without the arrow. NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, on the Moon\u2019s surface on Feb. 24, 2024, at 12:57 pm CST). The image is 3,192 feet (973 meters) wide, and lunar north is up. (LROC NAC frame M1463440322L)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>LRO is managed by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\"><em>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><\/a><em> in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the agency\u2019s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Launched on June 18, 2009, LRO has collected a treasure trove of data with its seven powerful instruments, making an invaluable contribution to our knowledge about the Moon. Arizona State University manages and operates the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lroc.asu.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">LROC<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lroc.asu.edu\/posts\/1360\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"More on this story from Arizona State University's LRO Camera website\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">More on this story from Arizona State University's LRO Camera website<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Media Contact:<br><a href=\"mailto:nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov\">Nancy N. 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Jones<\/div><div><a href=\"mailto:nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov\">nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-row\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Location<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Goddard Space Flight Center<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/lro\" rel=\"noopener\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercial-lunar-payload-services\/\">Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/moon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth's Moon<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\/\">Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/clps\/nasa-to-study-effects-of-radio-noise-on-lunar-science\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rolses.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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On Feb. 24, NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the landing site at an altitude of about 56 miles [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":620659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"302","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":["522466"],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"376881","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":["283568"],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":["596956","600493","596098"],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2742,10574,3760,2857],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[12413],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA\u2019s LRO Images Intuitive Machine\u2019s Odysseus Lander","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/lro\/nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/lro\/nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Goddard Digital Team"}],"creator":["Goddard Digital Team"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","Goddard Space Flight Center","Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)","Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)","Earth's Moon"],"dateCreated":"2024-02-26T13:35:29Z","datePublished":"2024-02-26T13:35:29Z","dateModified":"2024-02-26T13:45:41Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA\u2019s LRO Images Intuitive Machine\u2019s Odysseus Lander\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/lro\/nasas-lro-images-intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-02-26T13:35:29Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,Goddard Space Flight Center,Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO),Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS),Earth's Moon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Goddard Digital Team\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"time_ago":"4 months","featured_image":{"id":620659,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nova-c-1100x1100-crop.png","title":"nova-c-1100×1100-crop","alt":"grayscale image of Moon's rocky surface from above, with a small white dot at the center of the frame: IM-1 lander, location indicated with white arrow","caption":"NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, on the Moon\u2019s surface on Feb. 24, 2024, at 1:57 p.m. EST). Odysseus landed at 80.13 degrees south latitude, 1.44 degrees east longitude, at an elevation of 8,461 feet (2,579 meters). The image is 3,192 feet (973 meters) wide, and lunar north is up. 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