Earlier this week, Intuitive Machines estimated the lander would lose power on Feb. 27, due to the changing direction of sunlight and the angle of Odysseus' solar panels.

During its final operational hours, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander encountered an unforeseen setback: a broken leg resulting from an overlooked safety switch that remained inactive ...

Because of a last-minute switch from the lander’s inactive navigation system to NASA’s experimental guidance lasers on board, Odysseus missed its desired flat terrain by 1 mile (1.5 kilometers ...

The Odysseus moon lander, which first launched for the moon on February 15, appears to have broken a leg upon landing and then fell over on the moon’s surface, with some of the first images received ...

Odysseus lander shown touching down on moon with broken leg in dramatic new pictures A second photo shows the lander on its side with the dark elliptical shape of a crater around 500 metres away.

As the Odysseus Moon lander faces its final hours, there's one final twist in the saga: The spacecraft broke one of its legs on landing, thanks to a cascade of mistakes that began back on Earth ...

Intuitive Machines This image shows a broken landing leg on Odysseus. The lander touched down near the moon’s south pole on Feb. 22 but then fell onto its side, hampering communications.

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows a broken landing leg on the Odysseus lander. The lander touched down near the moon’s south pole on Feb. 22, 2024, but then fell over on its side ...