Nova-C Lander Captured Stunning Images of Earth on Its Way to the Moon

In this video, we will tell you everything you need to know about the Nova-C lander, also known as Odysseus, a private lunar lander that was launched on February 15, 2024, as part of a historic mission to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface. This mission is not only the first US lunar landing in over 50 years, but also the first to use a liquid methane and liquid oxygen-fueled engine in spaceflight. We will also show you some of the stunning images of the Earth that the lander captured shortly after its launch, and explain what they reveal about the lander’s design and performance. This is a new odyssey to the Moon, and you don’t want to miss it.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Launch and Separation
02:32 Landing and Outcomes
04:09 Payloads and Experiments
06:45 Outro
07:33 Enjoy
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[@GreatBoneStructure]

Awesome. I wish we could separate the real, new images from the CGI and 'artists renderings' though.

[@robbhahn8897]

The pics of the lander separating from the booster and the pics of earth are real but the rest fake space.

[@brianjay9811]

This is one of my other gripes and a big reason why I now watch far less of these shows. It would be so simple to place a small icon in the bottom corner signifying that what one is seeing is a digital representation...

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Have you looked into the NASA web site? If you look deeper, you may even retrieve the raw data and render pictures yourself.

[@simplemind7532]

It's all cgi

[@heiko6320]

@@robbhahn8897 where are the ICE Cap?

[@jimcottee9187]

Stunning images that you see for half a second.

[@brianjay9811]

I really feel your frustration, and I'm glad to see some of us giving them hell for the deception...

[@Amradar123]

​@@brianjay9811 the title is crap yes

[@jimcottee9187]

I ended up locating the Pause button to have a better view of the continent of Australia with the remnants of a tropical cyclone over the Top End.

[@gammaraygem]

imagine what flat earthers can do with this stunning stupidity

[@tubecated_development]

@@gammaraygem Imagine what flat earthers could do with velcro laces?

[@JohnMitch]

where were the stunning images of the earth??

[@RayFace44]

Great minds think alike! 💯👊🏼😉

[@ChristLink-Channel]

If you look really carefully around the 8 minute mark, there's a couple of already published images, in lower resolution than when shown on the news, several days ago. Amid a whole lot of other, mostly unrelated images....

[@JohnMitch]

@@ChristLink-Channel Hardly stunning then, as what the click-bait title claims

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Where they were? Difficult. But where they are ;•) somewhere on NASA web site. *In no way related to this channel.

[@Kris-fh5cc]

they forgot to add the GOPRO battery :-)

[@richardmercer2337]

50 years?!?! Surely that's not possible! I remember it clearly, and I'm only..... I guess it is possible...

[@greatlakescorporatezone]

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[@Kris-fh5cc]

Wow, that 'lander' looks spectacular, with aluminum foil and all ... :-)

[@Amradar123]

Mylar foil for thermal control. In space, heat transfers only by radiation.

[@TheAzmountaineer]

Yes, the foil is very important, but kids just don't seem to understand.

[@samuelobregon4259]

We thank you for the update and congratulations on your graet work...

[@michaelvega1731]

Amen. And congrats to all who worked on this Lunar Lander!! Space engineers yah!! Go Lander Nova-C!!

[@thomascomins2175]

Wow, we are going back finally!

[@toby-xo6rb]

Thanks to Elon Musk.

[@CiptyTv]

Do you believe in God

[@toby-xo6rb]

@@CiptyTv Do you believe in fairies in your garden?

[@billygribble9939]

Bwaaaaaaaa

[@billywayne902]

Never went the first time

[@danielwhitehouse7682]

Awesome, keep up the great work.

[@deborrahray4386]

Sounds awesome, best of luck with the landing 🥰

[@ronb7481]

"Liquid methane and oxygen are more environmentally friendly." In outer space. Hilarious. Now I've heard everything.

[@robbhahn8897]

I know, huh?

[@robadams1645]

Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I think they mean it's safer to manufacture and handle on Earth. Or if the vehicle crashed on launch.

[@bryank3500]

No really! Is it also diverse enough?

[@huffingtonpost6777]

Apparently, you did not pay attention at all to the content. Why on earth would you criticize methane and oxygen, when the point is that it can be manufactured on almost any celestial body with materials on hand, therefore, extending our potential of exploration from one Celestial body to another Without returning home. Geez.

[@philofthefuture1570]

Thanks for saving me the trouble. Check out our environmentally friendly lander we are going to leave on the moon as garbage. 😂

[@davidwilson954]

It's a beautiful machine and I wish the mission all the best. I was 11 when Apollo 11 landed great to see our return to the moon it's been a long time coming!👍👍

[@VidAudioJojo]

Stunning images? Where? It's not even clear in the video where the CGIs end and the "captured stunning images begin." Please don't ruin the majesty of this endeavor with abysmal clickbait titles.

[@twolaneasphalt4459]

There aren't any because this video was published two days ago, and Odysseus landed yesterday at 6:23pm Eastern Time (2323 GMT). The widely anticipated video and stills from the lander's "EagleCam," which was deployed prior to Odysseus' landing, haven't yet been released. Once they are available, they'll show the external perspective of Odysseus in the final seconds of landing.

[@crawmaster6039]

This guy is full of shit how do you explain all this bullshit and not even show a real photo because there isn’t this is all cgi lens flair can’t fool me

[@jeremywhite164]

Fully agree. I clicked on this KZbin because of its title, but was sorely disappointed.

[@rls9926]

It’s fake

[@johnnyz2316]

They never had anything but CGI and "images" (not photographs) 😅

[@willierants5880]

Stunning images? A few pics flashed by so fast you couldn't even see them properly.

[@Nidvard]

It haven't landed yet, give it time

[@LordDeBahs]

didnt know australia takes half of the globe . just look at it lol

[@chicojcf]

New propulsion ? that's exciting.

[@protege5703]

Am I missing something, I thought it was going to land near the south pole not near the equator?

[@executivesteps]

This channel NASASpace News is not affiliated with NASA. They just glommed the name.

[@dsuth]

You are right. Nova C will not land in the Ocean of Storms near the equator. This a mistake made by the author. It will land near the lunar South Pole in the Malapert crater region, which is about 300 km from the South Pole. This is an area of interest to NASA since Artemis III will land in that general area. This is in an area where water can be found in the shadowed part of craters.@@executivesteps

[@GRH230377]

You or they might be getting confused with the other lander that failed and crashed back into the Earth a couple weeks ago.

[@WWeronko]

1:23 ". . .along with the Masten XL-1 lunar lander." I don't think so. Where did you come up with that?

[@theresabass685]

I’m amazed at the latest technological advances that have been made since the very first Lunar Landing. I had the opportunity to go to the museum to see the lander used at that time. Hard to believe how Big that lander was. Looking at the latest technology compared to the 60’s model it’s pretty impressive. Thank you for sharing this information with us and can’t wait for the future launch with humans on the Moon 🌖 I will have experienced to lunar landings in my lifetime God willing. ❤

[@Amradar123]

Not god. Congress does the funding 😊

[@Plegue50]

Good evening from Madrid, Spain, I hope everything is going well, Best of luck

[@billakers6082]

At least we got real pictures of the moon 50 years ago.

[@evierma]

Godspeed Nova-C.Can’t wait for Thursday.

[@karlar8648]

This is like an extension of Cassini emotions. Can't wait for more pics. 🇺🇸

[@user-cj1vs7bd3u]

Nice it is good 👍 😊 😊.

[@davidroberts5602]

Hi guys that was an amazing feat landing on the moon 🌙 congratulations on this milestone in history well done 👍 people David 🤞👌❤️🇬🇧🚀👍

[@Freedom2x462]

Awesome! Why not send a Wall-E to the moon or Mars, make a robot that takes care of itself and explore for us, linked to the lander!

[@Nidvard]

you are welcome to design one, if it's viable it could perhaps get a ride there someday

[@Freedom2x462]

I think maybe it's happening already, we just keep feeding these ideas, there are many thinkers and doers out there, humans are very resilient@@Nidvard

[@kevindorland738]

What a century to be alive!

[@AstralienX]

they said that in 60s

[@RudiVandeReep]

Is there, going to be possibly, (seeing it's got cameras in board ) live footage (once its in lunar orbit insertion mode pre decent) of it's orbit around moon ????

[@wooddogg8]

Looking forward to landing day 🤞

[@mitoz688]

Amazing spacecraft!😁😉🚀

[@drizneyland2886]

That is some stunning animation.

[@QuestionsStuff]

People are catching on :)

[@1-75Ranger]

Wow, so now we're celebrating something that the U.S. achieved almost 58 years ago when Surveyor 1 successfully landed on the moon way back in June of 1966. All this Odysseus mission has proved is how little our country has progressed in the last half century. We successfully landed five spacecraft on the moon between June 2, 1966 and January 10, 1968. That is a statistic we simply won't be matching anytime soon or ever.

[@Amradar123]

This time it is small commercial company, not NASA with its huge 1966 budget. Why do you not count it the manned landings between 1969 and 1972? NASA and Roscosmos focussed on learning on how to live in space with the Salyut, MIR, and now ISS program. NASA now only receives 0.48% of the annual budget and is therefore limited in its efforts .

[@Corpsman01]

Always found it sad when we send stuff to the moon and just leave it! But this is how we learn so deal with it! Who knows? Generations might find it usable later.

[@Littrell1966]

They equipment will be used in the future, the experiments will just last a couple of weeks

[@ImmaTwoPops]

I’m betting since this is being done by a private company,they’re doing it at least 100 times cheaper than nasa would do it for

[@Amradar123]

That is because NASA already invented everything that these companies do use 😊 And that is also why now these commercial companies will lead the way on the moon and NASA will continue to focus on developing new technologies.

[@msatishkumar1997]

Brother could you describe the Perseverance rover's 3 years journey and accomplishments !!?

[@charlesballard5251]

Ocean of Storms, huh? Personally I'd like to see it land within visual distance of the Apollo 12 descent module. Then we could throw that at the deniers. Beautiful craft by the way.

[@givemespace2742]

Well even if they did that, the deniers would just say its AI generated CGI or whatever. They can never be placated so why waste good science trying.

[@dsuth]

Nova C will not land in the Ocean of Storms near the equator. This a mistake made by the author. It will land near the lunar South Pole in the Malapert crater region, which is about 300 km from the South Pole. This is an area of interest to NASA since Artemis III will land in that general area. This is in an area where water can be found in the shadowed part of craters.

[@hartsy50]

Some thing landed on the Moon, but did it have People in it?? is what they say. A rover would have to go up to the lander and go thru the garbage and find Human Feces to prove positive.@@givemespace2742

[@ginamiller269]

Maine goal is to analyse if there really is water on the moon to built a base in the future and for produce fuel for all the future spacecrafts which will be landing on the moon with pewople etc.

[@charlesballard5251]

@@dsuth That's right. I didn't catch that. I wonder how they got that wrong?

[@24tanksalot]

What took so long to go back to the moon. There so much to learn

[@ginamiller269]

hehehe,, the Moon isn;t located around the corner ! Go to think of the last 50 years how many Presidents had the USA anbd what has happen political after the last Apollo mission has left the moon. At least those moon mission cost a lot of money, it isn't only few bucks !

[@ratmadness4858]

hope the results of the SCALPSS images are released to the public

[@onmyworkbench7000]

The last that In heard was that it fell over on it's side because one of the landing legs landed on a bolder. But even though it is on it's side they can still communicate with it. So it is a permanent part of the lunar landscape.

[@scott.a.schmidt]

Where will the lunar lander touch down on the moon? I’ve read the South Pole, but your video says the equatorial area of the moon.

[@Mork007]

None of these are actual pictures from the lander except maybe the ones facing earth.

[@thedarkmoon2341]

Will they be doing some astro-photography during the voyage?

[@MrBwian]

It's not landing at the lunar equator, it's landing at the south pole of the moon 👍

[@bradtownsend1457]

It seems like a waste for it only to last two weeks someone didn't think it through 😢

[@executivesteps]

At least on Mars the Sun rises every 24 hrs and 30 minutes. On the Moon, once it sets you’re in total darkness for 2 weeks and temperatures even colder than Mars. That’s going to be a real problem living on the Moon.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Yeah, someone didn't think it through! Was it the moon? That thing never seems to shine the whole month.

[@ginamiller269]

Geez blablabladibla !

[@PatrickMcCarthy]

In a nod to the deniers out there, as the lander approaches the surface, it will spit out some cubes with high precision cameras, intentionally tumbling and impacting close to the lander. The lander will collect the images and send them down to mission control who will stitch them together to produce a stabilized video. So, we will be able to "see" the landing... FROM THE OUTSIDE!!! OK, That is cool.

[@Kris-fh5cc]

yeah right, "stich together" and than some :-) ...

[@RohreringSuccess]

Remarkable technology and photos. Takes me right back to 1969!

[@jorge9312]

Hola, un gran reportaje sobre esta gran misión pero hay un error y es la zona de alunizaje que será en el polo sur cerca del cráter Malapert A y no en el océano de las tormentas. Saludos desde España.

[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

35T in debt and counting we cannot afford to keep funding this lunacy!

[@tommyldaniels]

Great job on this video package. Great summary and very informative.

[@nemopoint1254]

Hmm?　Didn't Odyssey (NOVA-C) have an internal heat insulator ?

[@ericschlegel738]

It’s great to see commercial use of space being a priority of our government. We need to get out there and start mining but first we need a base of operations. that way we can test and refine our means of surviving in space.

[@rogercollins2653]

What I like about this is that now you could probably create a way to actually live on the moon for short about the time which is the cold part. I don't know about the cold part. Then we gotta really rule the worlding for like a long time to how it's gonna like freeze up that machine. That's there. Wow, cool, though. Gotta listen to the speech that John kenndy, the speech he give explain why it must always going to be inspiring. Where you gonna go to the moon? He said not because it's easy but does it hard? I guess my point is that I've only lived 55 56 years right? And look at what we've done outside of the planet within that small amount of I mean, how many other people in the past consider it seemed this kind of technological. Gigantic, sleep, you know I always think about what John Glenn says. One small step for man, 1 giant leap for Mankind. You're making that happen they're making that happen so cool so very cool

[@rogercollins2653]

We landed on the moon in my birth year 1968. Every time that I see us go back to the moon. It just makes you feel like you know what it's there for a reason. Let's go to see what else we could do with it. Besides, just something you know that keeps the Earth from whatever doing. I think the best part about the moon is it's covered. And that reflective material that always shines back the sun. So that we have something to have while we are in the dark side of the earth

[@jimad]

It was 1969

[@rogercollins2653]

@jimad This video that you posted was the best understanding of how we can't get from planet to planet on to the planet. That'll be awful to have that way to make that fuel on moon. And then we can go to the text place that Nicole methane and oxygen just makes sense. You gotta think about what's there. How do we bake thand now? It figures out it's awesome. This was a really good video yeah I know 1956 that's fine.

[@bobmusil1458]

@@rogercollins2653 Are you drunk? Your comment makes no sense.

[@pamelaspelbring6297]

Outside of a dumb oopsie it is/was an ambitious project and was a monumental solving of the unexpected. This was a qualified success. I look forward to a second flight.

[@NormanRlee]

would the spacecraft work after it is thawed?

[@Amradar123]

No.

[@user-op9km5zj7u]

Building apartments on the moon one piece at a time.That was the office.

[@talkingpaper]

I thought it landed near the south pole? This vid said the equator?

[@robertporter5771]

Much too abbreviated and did not mention at all the camera component that will be ejected from the lander in order to record the landing itself.

[@ginamiller269]

Thank God I am able to read and can search on Google by myself to find out which kind of cams Odyseus has onboard. Hope more people can activating their brain if still they have not too less in their head ! .....

[@bobbypayaugusteintention9121]

I see that long cigar shaped abject was checking the space craft out for like 3 minutes

[@mrjohncharlesbrown]

Where

[@jasonking6892]

Good video 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@72jonz]

No, it is not a good video at all . . . . It is overproduced error filled 'click bait' . . . .

[@robwilkins698]

LUNR (Intuitive Machines) is doing well

[@truthvoice9945]

Great news and looking forward to its success and some stunning pictures. However most of the experiments have already been done...like the reflective laser instrument. Whats weird about the whole thing is that it gives the impression that we're going to prep for the moon for the first time. WTF?

[@tubecated_development]

Successive generations lose the knowledge and perspective of historical events. There is always a degree of narcissism and hype also

[@Amradar123]

Focus is now on the south pole and its water ice as well as on long duration moon missions implementing the knowledge we gained at the ISS.

[@gagibakija4825]

NASAs CGI never disappoints

[@Amradar123]

Not a NASA mission.

[@hh-vq3cz]

Why does it work for only two weeks? Will it be alive after the two weeks or will be down for ever? Can it fly again and leave moon surface and land in the other area of moon?

[@TD_YT066]

It will be in darkness and extreme cold for weeks. The batteries onboard can't keep it warm for that long and the electronics and other parts will be damaged by the cold. It only carries just enough propellant to land. To take off again would mean it would have to be more than 2x bigger and heavier and then that means more propellant to carry. The LOX/Methane are very efficient, but will boil off in the trip out to the moon and Lunar day so it had to take a direct flight to the moon and not orbit around and use the mass of the moon and earth to change it's orbit.

[@timmccrory7630]

I have an idea. It is probably not right, but what if we turned on the rover and tried to get the rover out, would it turn over the ship make the wheels in the rover roll? Try to use the motor on the rover if you can get it out at least try to get it out. See if the ship will stand up right because of the rover.

[@tinkertailor7385]

I read that and wondered why the hell the Earth was heading for the Moon? ;)

[@arthurs5704]

Proud its an American company

[@mteokay1246]

I would have designed a totally different set of "legs" so no matter how or where it lands , the body and all instrumentations would always be the right way up.

[@Amradar123]

You might be right there 😊 Apparently the lander tipped over when landing. Experiments are all fine but the release of the camara is delayed.

[@RayFace44]

Pictures of the thing taking pictures.

[@noneofyourbusiness4022]

Let's hope the cgi is better than India's,come on guys you have Hollywood on your side this should be a piece of cake, let show them how we do awesome CGI

[@Amradar123]

Wouldn't a landing be more easy instead? 😊 I don't think that all those commercial space companies would survive using CGI.

[@wokelion1573]

I can't wait to see the video of the lander roaming across the moon surface, who is going to record it 😅😅

[@billygribble9939]

Tyrone Shoelaces

[@Amradar123]

The lander will release a camera before landing to film the landing itself. Pictures it made of the moon are available already. Roam it will not do as it is a lander 😊

[@billygribble9939]

@@Amradar123 bwaaaaaa

[@wokelion1573]

@Amradar123 release a camera " what on earth does that exactly mean ? 🤣😂 will the camera float away.

[@Amradar123]

​​​@wokelion1573 ​​​​​​​​​Why would the camera float away? The moon has gravity you silly 😊 The Embry-Riddle Eaglecam is a is a cubesat-sized payload designed to capture the first-ever "third-person" image of a spacecraft making a lunar landing. Eaglecam, developed by students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, will spring-eject from Odysseus about 100 feet (30 meters) above the lunar surface. It will take three images a second from each of its three cameras (a total of nine images a second), capturing its six-second freefall to the surface and Odysseus’ descent and soft landing.

[@lukekozlowsky8227]

they think the lander tipped over onto a Moon rock. Engineers believe this because fuel tank readings indicate the lander is on its side.😢

[@daprofigs]

I love how they have to remind the public to be nice when commenting. I wonder why. Could be the silliness of this whole Shabang. So much distraction and little video evidence. We don’t want to hear nothing. We just want to see the video. That’s it,

[@zanpsimer7685]

Will this one actually land? 🤞

[@robbhahn8897]

Did you even watch the video?

[@texan-american200]

@@robbhahn8897 I think that he hopes that it doesn't bounce onto the moon... Like the Russians did

[@ChristLink-Channel]

... and remain right-side up?

[@ChristLink-Channel]

@@robbhahn8897 Are you saying it landed already?

[@zanpsimer7685]

@@robbhahn8897 did you?

[@level-rebel5978]

Cute photos and hardware, but if it doesn't nail the landing everyone is going to be very disappointed!

[@matlabatt]

The only way the public is gonna believe this is if you have a seamless video end to end . All these cgi clips dont work 😂

[@richiebricker]

The first piece of space hardware designed to only last 14 days? I dont understand that at all. Maybe because of commercial partners , we can pay them again to send the same thing over and over? IDK, Its weird. Give it some legs to walk out of the cold

[@ginamiller269]

14 day period of the moon weather cycle. On the moon sun si shining only 14 days, the following 14 days darkness is there. In darkness the Odysseuss can't operating there because no charging the sun panels which are installed for energy on the moon lander.

[@randym.7238]

Odd how the photo shows the exact same photo that all the other craft photos over the years.

[@user-op9km5zj7u]

Yes it landed like a fly on a windshield. SPLAT!

[@Amradar123]

It landed OK but tipped over. All experiments are OK.

[@Age_of_Solar]

Cool music is amazing. I'm inspired to see all these technologies being tested on the moon. I am assuming that the module left behind on the surface after only a short premier of use is due to factors such as the economy of refueling vessels to escape the gravity field and the cost and complexity of such a feat to the corporate investors. This commercial space exploration is Fascinating content!! Ty

[@kathleenmann7311]

Why do they keep landing in the same area ? 🤔

[@Amradar123]

The video stated the wrong place. They landed on the South pole.

[@user-zr4mi3jv3e]

Dada ami dhakbo❤

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

If the lander is between earth and the moon, in space, what difference does it make how environmentally friendly the propulsion fuel is? Are we afraid of polluting space now?

[@markmclaughlin8959]

Wheres those two dune buggies they left up there?

[@Amradar123]

No, the lander landed on the South pole.The video commentary is incorrect there.

[@LordDeBahs]

did you guys just give game away ? thank god

[@williamzee7748]

Where are the pics of earth?

[@Amradar123]

At multiple times in the video but they should have made it clear what was CGI and what not.

[@chrisratliff6697]

So this is going to be the first time somebody has ever put foot on the moon and you are going to be able to get through the Firmament without radiation sickness ,,, please respond

[@cmaxi20]

If the earth is flat what is on the other side? Is the moon flat as well?

[@philcoombes2538]

So a) the moon b) the VAB are outside the firmament...?

[@ginamiller269]

It is NOT the first time we would be on the moon ! From 1969 to 1972 12 brvwe astronauts have set foot on the moon with the Apollo missions! They havew been passing the Van-Allen-Belt in their spacecraft without any problemns with radiation etc. Firmament means heaven right ? The rockets can go very well up into space within ca 8mins, so no problem. Watch rocket launches and you will see how they can go through the atmosphere of earth.

[@Amradar123]

No explanation needed as that information is available everywhere including about the manned moon landings between 1969 and 1972 which you are omitting. Please explain firmament? Are you referring to the Jewish bronze age mistranslated word רקיע (raqia) in the Kings James bible in 1611? Also please explain a flat earth sunset and why airpressure is getting lower the higher we get? Please respond..

[@Amradar123]

Still waiting for your Flat Earth answers 😊 "Tumbleweed blowing by"...

[@zikemdg]

I know it wasn't a NASA mission but still, they couldn't have sent an IPhone up there?

[@GRH230377]

Can the Lander's solar panels be charged during the Lunar night by lasers from the Earth?

[@Amradar123]

No

[@jeffwhisenhunt929]

No. It won't survive the lunar night. It has 2 weeks to perform its experiments, and it's done for. No recharging at all. It will be so cold in the dark it won't ever function again.

[@davidozz4068]

Can someone pls answer my question? Why does the Falcon 9 take so many days to get to the moon, while Apollo 11 got there in 3 days? Totally different technique?

[@Amradar123]

The Falcon 9 does not go the moon, only its payload 😊 As fas as I could find the lander uses the same trajectory as the apollo missions but with a lower velocity.

[@davidozz4068]

@@Amradar123 Oops, yes I meant the lander :) So it's just the lander going there, I really don't understand the big difference in time? 3 days for the heavy Apollo 11 or 9 days for the way lighter moon lander. Do you remember where you found the info about the lower velocity?

[@Amradar123]

​​​@@davidozz4068 Their website stated that at TLI it was going 21 m/s but it is unclear to me what m stands for. It is indeed hard to find clear mission statements regarding their intended trajectory and speeds at the various parts of the journey.

[@underthetornado]

I've often wondered. Even though the universe seems endless must we use toxic forms of fuel to travel throughout space? Seems as bad as RVers trashing the parks they camp in.

[@bidumeier3427]

minute 8: pink cable, unprotected without cover. Tied together with plastic cable ties. Does anyone have an explanation of how this works? How does the material behave with the temperature fluctuations and the immense radiation in space?? Fake?

[@mebeingU2]

And now we know little moon men saw it land and pushed it over, just like they did the lunar lander from Japan.

[@shawniwanciw254]

Those couple of frames are the stunning photos of the earth lol 😂😂😂😂 a 1 second pause on the stunning photos captured that are mixed in with all the CGI photos lol so stunning they barely paused on the brilliant photos they captured.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

The Chinese already use Methane-LOX in space flight, but not on a lander.

[@user-eg6vh8km7e]

Can you take a picture of earth? Corious to be able to see the size of the earth.

[@Amradar123]

It's angular size depends on the distance to earth as well as the focal length of the camera. Standing on the moon you would see the Earth as a 2 degrees object in the sky, so your pinky and index finger at arms length 😊

[@drunkchicken8636]

@ 1:29 I posted to the twitter page that this is not a real picture that they claim it to be. You can see the reflection of the separation module reflecting in front of earth. How is that the only reflective object, with all the claimed space junk floating around. No satellites or stars out there neither. There is no atmosphere to distort camera. Also that famous pic from moon landing with no stars and only a pic of earth? If it was bright enough to not focus stars, you wouldn't see the earth neither.

[@Amradar123]

No. Space is BIIIIG. The density of space debris is very low. Low Earth Orbit, spanning an altitude range of about 200 to 1500 km, has a total volume of around one trillion (1012) cubic kilometres. As of early 2010 the current orbital space object density (>10cm in size) in LEO is approximately 10-8 per cubic kilometre. Satelite density is even lower. The Earth is bright so the exposure time is too low to show the faint stars. Can you photograph stars during the day? No 😊

[@jutan01]

Doesn't the same side of the moon always face earth?

[@TD_YT066]

Yep, it's Tidally Locked , so when it's a full moon, the side facing Earth is fully lit and the far side is dark. As it orbits the earth and gets closer to the sun, the far side is lit and the side facing earth , but not the sun is dark. Some light is reflected from the earth at times, so it's not totally dark.

[@markschoenberger7825]

Yes. Which means that when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, and the craft is on the side closest to the Earth, it is in darkness (the Moon is blocking the sunlight). It is only when the Moon is farther away from the Sun than the Earth that it can get sunlight on the Earth facing side.

[@dsuth]

Yes. The moon is tidally locked to the Earth, which means that the moon rotates once on its axis in the same time it takes to orbit Earth, about a month.

[@user-px2yn4zg2l]

Lets get some nuclear powered landers up there just one!! It will be amazing to see Space X manned lander land; hopefully it will find some fairly level ground to land. The fuel resupply in space for said lander wow minimum of 5 fillups. Good luck. Good to have Blue Orgin as a backup "In case one fails."

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

So you think stranded astronauts will survive the 15 years on the moon until BlueOrigine sends its lander?

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Amazing. I subscribed as long as Elon Musk is not involved.

[@Amradar123]

Space-X launched it into space, so he is. Bye 😅

[@Ghost_Operations]

Why is SPCE stock so low ? NASA & Space X need to talk to them. I put 5K investments & 4K investments on this Odesseyus. I have been very angry about EVKRF as well. Things need to accel more.