According to the New York Post, on the 23rd local time, the American private company "Intuitive Machines" announced that its lunar lander "Odysseus" had failed to "wake up" again and had entered permanent dormancy.
Reportedly, the Houston-based company "Intuitive Machines" posted on social media that day, stating that as expected, the solar panels of "Odysseus" had absorbed enough power to "awaken" it. However, as of 10 a.m. Central Time on the 23rd, no signals had been received from it at the headquarters.
Source: Screenshot from social media report by the American private company "Intuition Machines".
"After several days of waiting, it has been confirmed that the 'Odysseus' power system can no longer support its ability to communicate again," the statement read. "This confirms that 'Odysseus', as the first lunar lander launched by a private company, is now in permanent hibernation."
Described as a hexagonal prism measuring 4 meters in height, 1.57 meters in width, with six landing legs, 'Odysseus' was tasked with objectives including studying the interaction between the lander's engine plume and the lunar surface, radio astronomy, space weather and lunar surface interaction, precise landing technology, as well as communication and navigation capabilities.
'Odysseus' lifted off on February 15th aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On February 22nd, it tipped over during landing, but subsequently completed multiple tests and transmitted collected data.
