Sideways touchdown cuts short Odysseus lander's moon mission

The company says one of the lander's feet caught on the lunar surface causing it to tip over onto its side.

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00:00 Flight engineers are expecting to lose contact today with a private US lunar lander, Odysseus,

00:07 cutting short its mission by five days. It made history last Thursday by becoming the

00:12 first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years and was due to conduct

00:17 a suite of experiments. But the company behind the spacecraft, Intuitive Machines, says it

00:22 came in too fast and one of its six feet caught on the lunar surface, causing it to fall over.

00:28 It remains to be seen how much scientific data might be lost due to the shorter lifespan.

00:33 (whooshing)