Good job, Odie.⁣ ⁣ This image retrieved from the lander on Feb. 27 captures Odysseus’ landing leg as it performed its primary task: first contact with the lunar surface. Meanwhile, the lander’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen engine was still throttling, which provided stability. IntuitiveMachines believes these two actions captured in this image enabled Odysseus to gently lean into the lunar surface, preserving the ability to return scientific data.⁣ ⁣ Following a launch on Feb. 15, IntuitiveMachines’ Nova-C lander landed on the Moon’s South Pole region on Feb. 22 and has since transmitted valuable scientific data back to Earth. Odysseus took six NASA payloads along for the ride and their data will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under #Artemis.⁣ ⁣ This landing marked the United States’ first lunar landing since Apollo 17, as well as the first landing as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which aims to expand the lunar economy to support ...