A private US corporation claims to have successfully landed a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon, but they are concerned that the equipment may not be upright.
During a news conference, the CEO of Intuitive Machines stated that although the Athena spacecraft is interacting with Earth, it is not in the “correct attitude.”
The first lunar mobile communications antenna and a hopping robot intended to explore a neighboring crater are among the scientific devices the business thinks can still be deployed.
This is the second time a spacecraft from Intuitive Machines has made an atypical lunar landing.
