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Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander‚ also called Odysseus or “Odie‚” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected issues hours prior to landing. “I know this was a nail-biter‚ but we are on the surface‚ and we are transmitting‚” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus announced on a live webcast. “Welcome to the moon.” The company was able to confirm that mission control received signals from the lunar surface shortly after landing. But it wasn’t until two hours later that...

A private robotic rover touched down on the moon Thursday‚ becoming the first US spacecraft in more than 50 years to land on the lunar surface.  The landing of the vehicle‚ built by Intuitive Machines‚ also marked the first time in history a private company successfully pulled off the incredible feat.  The craft – dubbed Odysseus – landed some 250‚000 miles away near the south pole of the moon around 6:23 p.m. ET — although communication between the rover and crews on the...

A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon's south pole on Thursday‚ the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever achieved by the private sector. NASA‚ with several research instruments aboard the vehicle‚ hailed the landing as a major achievement in its goal of sending a squad of commercially flown spacecraft on scientific scouting missions to the moon ahead of a planned return of astronauts...

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