USA’s Crazy Moon Landing // Problems for Perseverance // New Glenn Goes Vertical

Fraser Cain・2 minutes read

Intuitive Machines' Odus successfully lands on the moon, overcoming challenges with a backup system. NASA and other organizations continue to push the boundaries of space exploration with innovative missions and discoveries.

Insights

  • Engineers successfully utilized a NASA-designed system as a backup during the Odus Lander mission to measure the distance to the moon's surface, showcasing innovative problem-solving capabilities in the face of challenges.
  • China's upcoming missions aim to utilize lunar resources for in-situ resource utilization, including 3D printing objects from lunar regolith, highlighting a shift towards sustainable practices in space exploration and potential advancements in extraterrestrial construction technologies.

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Recent questions

  • What recent achievement did Odus accomplish?

    Landing on the moon

  • What challenges did the Odus Lander face during landing?

    System failure

  • What is China planning to do on the moon?

    Build bricks

  • What issue did NASA's Perseverance Rover face?

    Dust cover obstruction

  • What did the James Webb telescope discover?

    Neutron star

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Summary

00:00

Private Companies Achieve Lunar Landing Milestone

  • Odus successfully lands on the moon, marking a significant achievement for Intuitive Machines and demonstrating the capability of private companies to land on the lunar surface.
  • The Odus Lander faced challenges during landing due to a system failure, but engineers managed to utilize a NASA-designed system as a backup to measure the distance to the moon's surface.
  • The Odus Lander carried a payload for NASA to test a new method of measuring lunar distance, showcasing innovative problem-solving during the mission.
  • China plans to build bricks on the moon, with upcoming missions like Chonga 6, 7, and 8 aiming to utilize lunar resources for in-situ resource utilization, including 3D printing objects from lunar regolith.
  • NASA's Perseverance Rover faces an issue with its instrument Sherlock, as the dust cover partially obstructs its function, prompting efforts to resolve the problem and ensure continued exploration capabilities.
  • James Webb telescope discovers a neutron star at the heart of Supernova 1987a, confirming the presence of a compact object at the center of the supernova's remnants.
  • NASA's New Horizons spacecraft explores the Kuiper Belt, encountering unexpected levels of dust particles that may indicate a larger Kuiper Belt or transition into a second belt farther out.
  • The mission by vaa Space Industries returns a crystal grown in space, testing the effectiveness of growing antiviral drug crystals in a weightless environment for potential improvements in drug efficacy.
  • The community votes on the best story of the week, with the discovery of a subsurface ocean on tiny Mimis winning the poll, showcasing ongoing engagement with space-related news and developments.

15:07

Space Missions: Crystals, Capsules, Rockets, Galaxies

  • The mission involving crystals launched in June 2023, initially planned for a month, faced delays in landing approval from the US Air Force at the Utah test facility.
  • The Osiris Rex sample capsule, upon return, contained 121.6 grams of material, exceeding the goal of 60 grams, with plans to preserve 70% for future scientific analysis.
  • Various space missions, like Hayabusa 1, Hayabusa 2, and Stardust, brought back significantly lesser amounts of material compared to Osiris Rex's 121.6 grams.
  • Blue Origin unveiled the New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral's Launchpad 36, undergoing tests before a potential 2024 launch, with separate testing for the BE-4 engines in West Texas.
  • The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has commenced its full science campaign, aiming to capture images of 50,000 galaxies every 70 minutes over six years to study dark matter and dark energy, with data releases expected in 2025 and 2026.
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