Lunar lander sends final images from the moon before being put to sleep [Video]

NASA and Intuitive Machine’s moon lander, Odysseus, managed to send back a few more images after it touched down on the moon’s surface earlier this week. 

The spacecraft, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed on its side, impeding communication and further power production, the Associated Press reported. 

Odysseus, nicknamed Odie, continues to generate solar power but the amount of power that Odie is able to put out won’t allow data to be sent back in the long term. Before that happens, Intuitive Machines plans to put Odie to sleep and will wake him back up in the next two or three weeks. 

The objective to wake Odie back up is to test whether the lander is able to send back a signal once the sun hits its solar panels once more, Altemus said during a news conference on Wednesday. 

“We’re excited about that,” Altemus added. 

One of the three new images released by NASA and Intuitive …