Moonbound
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander, while en route to the Moon, began to beam images back to Earth on February 16, one day after launching. It performed a reasonably successful landing on February 22, reaching the surface but then tipping over at an awkard angle. It wasn’t the smoothest of landings, but it was a touchdown nonetheless, making it the first private mission to successfully land on the lunar surface. It also marked the United States’ first return to the Moon’s dusty terrain since the Apollo era. The image above shows Earth through a 186-degree-wide camera view, and it depicts the distorted spacecraft as if perched to the side of our planet.
