Probably pointless to post now, but these are Intuitive Machine’s update tweets:

1. After troubleshooting communications, flight controllers have confirmed Odysseus is upright and starting to send data.
Right now, we are working to downlink the first images from the lunar surface.
8:25 PM · Feb 22, 2024
https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1760838333851148442

2. Lunar Surface Day One Update (23FEB2024 0818 CST)
Odysseus is alive and well. Flight controllers are communicating and commanding the vehicle to download science data. The lander has good telemetry and solar charging.

We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s specific information (Lat/Lon), overall health, and attitude (orientation). Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus will participate in a press conference later today to discuss this historic moment. Press conference information will be coordinated with NASA and published shortly.
9:18 AM · Feb 23, 2024
https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1761032731729739804

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But, perhaps people have not seen the update about the EagleCam:

Mike Cavaliere / Feb 23, 2024, 1:30 PM

Due to complications with Odysseus’ internal navigation system — specifically concerning the software patch to navigation data to include NASA’s NDL (Navigation Doppler Lidar) payload, which is meant to ensure a soft landing — the decision was made to power down EagleCam during landing and not deploy the device during Odysseus’ final descent.

However, both the Intuitive Machines and EagleCam teams still plan to deploy EagleCam and capture images of the lander on the lunar surface as the mission continues.

The time of deployment is currently unknown.

Stay tuned! More information will be released as soon as it becomes available.

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Of course, there is the big press conference with IM and NASA coming at 5 p.m. EST today….in just an hour and a half from now. I expect we will get much more information at that point.
https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/intuitive-machines-1-lunar-landing-news-briefing/

https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-1

“Lunar Surface Day One Update
Odysseus is alive and well. Flight controllers are communicating and commanding the vehicle to download science data. The lander has good telemetry and solar charging. We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s specific information (Lat/Lon), overall health, and attitude (orientation). Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus will participate in a press conference later today to discuss this historic moment. Press conference information will be coordinated with NASA and published shortly. ” -2/23/24 0818 CST

Is this thing alive, on the Moon?
I hate to be critical but… “faint signals” and zero HD pictures, do not inspire confidence.

Star Trek: OS S02E13
->reset, energize, cross circuit to A, cross circuit to B.
https://youtu.be/krmrpDUzcIk?t=54

wayne: Gosh, I vaguely think I watched this broadcast as a 13-year-old.

This is very good; starts about 15 minutes before descent:

Surveyor 1 Landing
CBS News live coverage
https://youtu.be/sqLtNzB_S18
41:35

Richard M: My first comment is astonishment that you think I’m asleep when it is only 10 pm in Arizona. I am a night person, always have been. For me to be in bed before 1 am would be a miracle indeed. :)

Secondly, as I don’t do X and my X stringer Jay is off on a DX ham expedition in the Solomon Islands, I would love the link to that X tweet. Can you provide?

As for Surveyor, I will be writing about the entire Surveyor program. It contrasts starkly with what we see today.

Hopefully, we’ll have some great photos in the morning.

Can’t wait to see Bob’s look at Surveyor 1. Luna 1 might have beat it by a few months, but it returned a lot more valuable information – valuable especially for the Apollo program.

Wayne: Speaking of Surveyor, I plan on writing about this next week. It seems some historical context is definitely needed when it comes to unmanned lunar landers.

“Lunar Landing, The Mission of Surveyor I”
ASM Film Preservation Project: Film # ASM_016
https://youtu.be/WNuPx6t90gE
(15:18)