# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3mFhAKODyN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11232222-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-21T03:51:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

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Lunar delivery!⁣
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After a successful launch on Feb. 15, six NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations continue their journey to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ lander named Odysseus. The company confirmed communications contact with its mission operations control in Houston, and its lander continues to perform as expected.⁣
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Known as IM-1, this mission is a part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and #Artemis campaign. These commercial robotic deliveries perform science experiments, test technologies, and demonstrate capabilities to help NASA explore the Moon in advance of Artemis astronaut missions to the lunar surface, and ultimately crewed missions to Mars.⁣
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Intuitive Machines is targeting no earlier than 5:49 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, to land their Odysseus lunar lander near Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon. ⁣
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Image description: A view of Earth captured by a 186-degree wide field of view camera aboard Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar. Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first images back to Earth on Feb. 16. The start of this image sequence occurred 100 seconds after separation from SpaceX’s second stage.⁣
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Credit: Intuitive Machines⁣
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#Delivery #LunarLander #MoonShot #Space #STEM

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delivery, stem, space, lunarlander, moonshot, artemis

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