当前位置:首页 >知識 >【】

【】

2024-11-21 17:43:55 [時尚] 来源:有聲有色網

A spacecraft on the moon is lying on its side. It snapped a leg while landing. And now it's lost power.

But before the freezing, two-week lunar night swept over Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, the robotic craft beamed back one final transmission from space. It shows the cratered grey surface spreading to the lunar horizon. And if you look closely, near top-left you can spot a crescent of shadowed Earth in the distance.

"Before its power was depleted, Odysseus completed a fitting farewell transmission," Houston-based Intuitive Machines posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Feb. 29.

SEE ALSO:Why landing a spaceship on the moon is still so challenging

"Received today, this image from February 22nd showcases the crescent Earth in the backdrop, a subtle reminder of humanity’s presence in the universe," the company, which became the first to land a commercial mission on the moon, added. "Goodnight, Odie. We hope to hear from you again."

Mashable Light SpeedWant more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter.By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Thanks for signing up!

Indeed, Odysseus may awake from its slumber in mid-March when solar rays hit the lander's solar panels. Japan's space agency, JAXA, has a lander (SLIM, which landed upside-down in January) that recently awoke from a similar lunar night. But plummeting temperatures, dropping to some minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit, can damage essential components.

While Odysseus' landing wasn't perfect, NASA, which provided $118 million for the mission, hailed the challenging Feb. 22 touchdown as a success. Even in a compromised state, the lander beamed back scientific data from all of NASA's equipment, which included research into space weather and interactions between the spacecraft's plume and the moon's chalky surface.

"We hope to hear from you again."

The mission is part of the space agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which picks companies to deliver NASA missions to the moon. This frees the agency, already burdened with an ambitious timeline to return astronauts to the moon under the Artemis program, from having to completely plan and fund missions leading up to human landings. Such a crewed mission won't happen before 2026.


Related Stories
  • Fascinating things about the moon you didn't know
  • India shares video proof of its phenomenal moon landing and rover
  • What's the 'best' place to see the solar eclipse? Experts explain.
  • Spacecraft sends back unusual view of Earth and the moon
  • If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here's how you'll know
The completed Intuitive Machines lander before launching to the moon.The completed Intuitive Machines lander before launching to the moon.Credit: Intuitive Machines

"This landing marked the United States’ first lunar landing since Apollo 17, as well as the first landing as part of our Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which aims to expand the lunar economy to support future crewed Artemis missions," NASA said in a statement.

Odysseus landed near the lunar south pole, a coveted region for future exploration, and potentially moon bases. The south pole's permanently-shadowed craters are believed to preserve bounties of water ice, an invaluable resource for extended lunar missions — and for journeys to worlds beyond.

TopicsNASA

(责任编辑:時尚)

    推荐文章
    • How Hyperloop One went off the rails

      How Hyperloop One went off the railsIn December 2014, an engineer with the unlikely name Brogan BamBrogan was in the driveway of his cla ...[详细]
    • 香水可以托運嗎飛機

      香水可以托運嗎飛機100毫升的香水可以托運嗎?如果你的行李的香水,容量規則在100ml以下(包含100ml),那麽是可以隨身攜帶上飛機的 。如果你的行李的香水,容量規則在100ml以上,那麽隻能辦理托運 。根據相  。飛機帶香 ...[详细]
    • 手表怎麽換電池

      手表怎麽換電池電子手表如何換電池?電子表電池更換的方法?操作方法:1 、換手表電池時,如果家裏沒有專用的工具,就找一個堅硬而且薄一些的小刀,這裏用的是雕刻用的小刀,個人覺得這個小刀非常好用,再準備一個型號相同。手表沒 ...[详细]
    • 吃了沒熟的螃蟹怎麽辦

      吃了沒熟的螃蟹怎麽辦吃了不熟的螃蟹會怎樣如果你經常吃海鮮,問題不是太大,因為你的腸胃對海鮮中的菌類有一定的抵抗力 。如果不常吃,不是很熟的螃蟹會導致你腹瀉 。吃海鮮最好達到8成熟,螃蟹 。我吃了未蒸熟的螃蟹怎麽辦吃了3口黃會有 ...[详细]
    • Carlos Beltran made a very interesting hair choice

      Carlos Beltran made a very interesting hair choiceApparently the Texas Rangers' Carlos Beltran is taking hair advice from another Carlos in sports -- ...[详细]
    • 斑鳩哥是什麽梗

      斑鳩哥是什麽梗達稼與達侖是指什麽?一夜,秀才與達侖納涼於竹下,竹忽彎頭勾達侖發,摔之臥地,四腳朝天 。達侖怒而砍斷竹,擬作柴火燒之,為同村一老嫗乞去,作織布機上線筒 。自是老嫗每田間勞...農村老話“三虎出一豹,三斑出 ...[详细]
    • 吃菠蘿不加鹽會怎麽樣

      吃菠蘿不加鹽會怎麽樣菠蘿不泡鹽水直接吃 ,肚子有副作用...問題分析:您好,菠蘿不泡鹽水直接吃,有可能會引起菠蘿過敏或出現口腔潰瘍等症狀,甚至引起腹瀉 。急性期隻需要多喝溫開水,多排尿,也沒有必要過於擔 。菠蘿不加鹽可以嗎如果 ...[详细]
    • 容祖兒春卷是什麽梗

      容祖兒春卷是什麽梗容祖兒和楊受成被造謠什麽情況?網上傳聞的容祖兒和楊受成天涯被造謠是什麽,據了解,有網友似乎在天涯惡意編造容祖兒和楊受成的虛假新聞,來博取網友眼球。其中有容祖兒被楊受成玩爛... ...[详细]
    • More than half of women in advertising have faced sexual harassment, report says

      More than half of women in advertising have faced sexual harassment, report saysIf you are a woman in advertising, chances are you've faced workplace sexual harassment at one point ...[详细]
    • 怎麽樣提高新陳代謝

      怎麽樣提高新陳代謝前言  :如何提高新陳代謝?新陳代謝提高的標準就是基礎代謝率的提高 ,基礎代謝率是指我們安靜狀態所消耗的能量。一般怎樣提高我們的新陳代謝,可以通過兩方麵 :一個就是飲食;另一個是運動。飲食要注意以下幾點:第一 ...[详细]
    热点阅读