Intuitive Machines’ private Moon mission delayed due to fuel issues
by Nilima Marshall
Feb 14, 2024
2 minutes
The planned launch of a US private Moon lander has been called off due to fuel issues.
The Nova-C Odysseus lander, built by Texas-based space flight company Intuitive Machines (IM), was due to blast off on Valentine’s Day atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
But less than two hours before lift-off, posted on X (formerly Twitter), to say the launch was being scrubbed due to a temperature issue with the methane fuel on the lander.
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