Intuitive Machines Lander Is In Lunar Orbit With Landing Tomorrow
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6JSVF)
Intuitive Machines IM-1, Odysseus, completed its scheduled 408-second main engine lunar orbit insertion burn and is currently in a 92 km circular lunar orbit. Initial data indicates the 800 m/s burn was completed within 2 m/s accuracy. After traveling over 1,000,000 km, Odysseus is now closer to the Moon than the end-to-end distance driving across ...