On Its Way to the Moon, Odysseus Lunar Lander Sends First Selfies From Space – Spacecraft Successfully Tested Engine in Deep Space
Space is ‘the final frontier’ – or so they say.
A flurry of spacecraft have been launched from blue Planet Earth, many of them aimed at making a soft landing on our Moon satellite.
Among them, missions from several countries, and – in the case of the United States – for the first time, a craft from a private company may be about to make a Lunar landing for the very first time.
Intuitive Machines’ robotic Odysseus spacecraft took a few ‘selfies’ with the Earth in the background after its February 15th launch.
Odysseus has now beamed these first photos home.
Another selfie from Odysseus, taken with a ‘fish-eye’ lens.
Space.com reported:
“‘Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16,
