The Odyssey spacecraft sent the first pictures from the surface of the Moon – News

The American spaceship “Odyssey”, which touched the surface of the Moon for the first time in half a century, took and sent to Earth the first photos from the surface of the satellite.

The device has been on the moon for four days, are reported from the developer company Intuitive Machines

The first image sent by Odyssey was taken during its descent to the Malapert A landing site, the farthest point in the southern region of the Moon.

He took the second picture about 35 seconds after he flipped over during the moon landing.

According to experts, despite the horizontal position of more than 4 meters long hexagonal six-legged landing module “Odyssey” maintains communication with the ground flight controller and can work.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been scanning the Moon from its orbit since 2009, took a few more photos of Odyssey itself.

He photographed the “colleague” from a height of about 90 kilometers and sent the photo to Earth.

“Images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter cameras confirmed that Odyssey completed the landing at an altitude of 2,579 meters, having covered more than 966,000 kilometers.

The device landed within 1.5 kilometers of the intended Malapert A landing site using a laser ranging system.” – reports the company-developer of the landing module.

It is noted that ground flight controllers plan to collect data until the solar panels of “Odyssey” lose access to light – until the morning of Tuesday, February 27, according to Kyiv.

It will be recalled that “Odyssey” is the first private spacecraft to land on a satellite, and the first American spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.

“Odyssey” sent the first photos from space to Earth on its way to the Moon.

After “Odysseus” touched the surface of the largest natural satellite of our planet, it caught its “foot” on the surface and turned over on its side.