Odysseus, Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, tipped over as it touched down on the moon. It will still be able to send pictures back in the coming days.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is celebrating the successful touchdown of the SLIM spacecraft on the moon's surface, even though the craft landed upside down.
Moon Ping NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has successfully bounced a laser off of India's Vikram lander, which successfully touched down on the Moon's surface in August. The LRO's laser altimeter aimed its sights at Vikram in December some 62 miles away near the Moon's South Pole, shooting it with a series of laser pulses. […]