How the first private moon landing failed almost shortly before the destination. As of: February 23, 2024, 6:39 p.m By: Tanja Banner CommentsPressSplit The successful moon landing of the “Odysseus” space probe marks a milestone in space travel.
But the path there was anything but easy. The first sign of trouble was the sudden postponement of the planned landing time by two hours. It later became clear in the landing live stream from Intuitive Machines that a system of lasers and cameras that was supposed to help ‘OdYSseus' land safely on the moon was not working.