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NASA will launch the Crew-8 astronauts nearly a week later, on Feb. 28, to "deconflict" from the expected launch date of a robotic moon mission with agency science on board.
A robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was set for launch early on Wednesday on a NASA mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned vehicle. The company's Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, was due for liftoff shortly before 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch comes a month after the lunar lander of another private firm, Astrobotic Technology, suffered a propulsion system leak on its way t...
SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander on Feb. 15, sending a series of experiments to the moon on behalf of NASA and commercial customers.
The spacecraft had landed about 55 meters (60 yards) away from its target, near the Shioli crater, a region covered in volcanic rocks.
Godspeed, NASA! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is set for 12:57 a.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, aka Valentine's Day.