Intuitive Machines successfully soft landed their Nova-C lander Odysseus on the moon on Thursday, February 22. If you want to know the details of what happened, why the landing was delayed, and why confirmation took so long, I've got the story for you.

Thumbnail image of the moon and spacecraft credit: Intuitive Machines

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - Why the IM-1 moon landing time kept shifting
02:30 - Entering powered descent and waiting to see what would happen
03:00 - The landing time came and went. No word on whether it was successful.
03:23 - Mission Control starts troubleshooting the communications issue
04:09 - NASA's Deep Space Network, the Commercial Lunar Data Network, and why communication was more difficult than usual on this mission
04:56 - Pointing ground stations at the landing site
05:39 - Signs of life
06:03 - Why Intuitive Machines declared the landing a success so early
06:46 - New information on the landing
07:56 - What's next for Odysseus?

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