Odysseus is a 14-foot tall, six-sided cylinder with six landing legs. It landed near Malapert A, a small crater about 190 miles from the moon's south pole. Learn more: Details on the landing.

The first is ΟΔΥCCEOC, the Greek genitive (i.e. possessive or attributive) case of Odysseus which suggests a writer referring to the location as the hero’s palace or temple.