Odysseus, a lunar lander built by Intuitive Machines, might be the first private spacecraft to land on the moon since NASA ended the Apollo program in 1972
The Houston-based company hopes to make the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It would also be America's first soft landing in decades.
A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.
A successful landing Thursday would put the U.S. back on the moon's surface for the first time since NASA's famed Apollo moonwalkers, more than 50 years ago.
Intuitive Machines has become the first private U.S. company to land on the lunar surface after its Nova-C lander called Odysseus safely touched down on the moon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lander touched down on the moon Thursday but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.
A robotic spacecraft made history Thursday, becoming the first privately built craft to touch down on the lunar surface, as well as the first American vehicle to accomplish the feat in more than 50 years.
The U.S. landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface for the first time in more than 50 years, when a private lander reached the lunar surface on Thursday evening.
A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon on Thursday, the first US touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and…
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