A U.S. company says its moon lander ended up on its side near the lunar south pole. The Intuitive Machines initially said it was upright after it landed on Thursday.
A private U.S. lunar lander tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said.
Intuitive Machines initially said the Odysseus lander was upright after touchdown Thursday, but then said the craft “caught a foot in the surface and tipped," landing on its side.