Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed Odysseus spacecraft made the first moon landing by an American vehicle in more than 50 years Thursday evening, finishing a week-long voyage from the Earth after a short delay and marking the first-ever soft lunar landing by a private company.
The Nova-C class lander from U.S. company Intuitive Machines landed on the moon’s south pole ... [+]
Odysseus’ touchdown near the moon’s south pole is the first lunar landing by a U.S. entity since Apollo 17 in 1972, though other countries have launched spacecraft to the moon more recently, including China in 2019 and Japan earlier this year.
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