Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar surface but 'alive and well'

The American company Intuitive Machines has made the first private landing on the Moon in history with a robotic probe. Her lander, Nova-C, ended up in a wider area of the Moon's south pole. But the mission did not go quite as planned.

US spaceship lying sideways after dramatic moon touchdown

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The first American spaceship to the moon since the Apollo era is probably lying sideways following its dramatic landing, the company that built it said Friday (Saturday in Manila), even as ground controllers work to download data and surface photos from the uncrewed robot.The Odysseus spacecraft landed near the lunar south pole on Thursday at 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time (2323 GMT), after a nail-biting final descent when ground teams…

Not everything went perfectly on the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years: Odysseus probably landed sideways. This is the theory being considered by the company Intuitive Machines, responsible for the probe and the first company that has managed to pose its technology gently (albeit tilted) on our satellite. The time of the descent maneuvers was delayed by two hours because Intuitive Machines detected a failure in the navigation system,…

According to the company that designed it during the moon landing, it was unable to stabilize: now it is lying down but will try to carry out its mission

According to Intuitive Machines, Odysseus remained functional anyway.

Private Raumfahrt - Kommerzieller Mond-Lander Odysseus offenbar seitlich aufgesetzt

The first commercial moon probe 'Odysseus' apparently tilted during landing.