NASA-Backed Private US Company Intuitive Machines슬롯사이트™s Moon Lander Launch Delayed Due to Methane Fuel Issue

The science and technology payloads sent to the Moon슬롯사이트™s surface as part of CLPS intend to lay the foundation for human missions and a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface.

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New Delhi, February 14:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines슬롯사이트� Moon lander launch has been delayed over methane fuel issue. The Houston-based Intuitive IM-1 lunar lander was scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on February 14 at 12.57 a.m. EST.

The launch 슬롯사이트œwas postponed due to off-nominal methane temperatures prior to stepping into methane load슬롯사이트�, NASA said in a statement. 슬롯사이트œSpaceX and Intuitive Machines are now targeting 1.05 a.m. EST Thursday, February 15,슬롯사이트� the agency added.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Asteroid Hitting Earth on Valentine's Day? 560 Feet Massive Asteroid 2024 BR4 Speeding Towards Earth on February 14.

The lander aims to send Intuitive Machines' robotic Nova-C lander "Odysseus" toward Earth's nearest neighbour. Odysseus슬롯사이트� success will make it the first-ever private spacecraft to land softly on the lunar surface on February 22. "Standing down from tonight's attempt due to off-nominal methane temperatures prior to stepping into methane load," SpaceX wrote in an update on X.com.

The IM-1 mission will be the company슬롯사이트™s first attempted lunar landing as part of NASA슬롯사이트™s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (슬롯사이트œCLPS슬롯사이트�) initiative, a key part of NASA슬롯사이트™s Artemis lunar exploration efforts. The science and technology payloads sent to the Moon슬롯사이트™s surface as part of CLPS intend to lay the foundation for human missions and a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Turkiye Hails Its First Astronaut Who Returned From a Three Week Mission to International Space Station (Watch Video).

If successful, the mission will bring the US back to the lunar terrain after about 50 years. The US has not attempted a moon landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972. In January, another NASA-backed company, Astrobiotic Technology슬롯사이트™s lunar lander suffered "critical" fuel loss and could not make it to the Moon.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Feb 14, 2024 01:16 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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