Private lander makes first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years

America’s first moon landing in 50 years, explained

Intuitive Machines employees cheer during a watch party moments after they became the first commercial company to softly land on the moon on February 22, 2024, in Houston. | Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images The groundbreaking development speaks to the growing role of private companies in space. Houston, the US is officially back on the moon. On Thursday, an unmanned lunar spacecraft called Odysseus made the first US moon landi…

Steve Altemus is the boss of a company that no one knew before. She then managed to land a space probe on the moon.

U.S. and Japan spearhead new era of private moon landings

TOKYO/HOUSTON, Texas. -- A U.S. startup has become the first private-sector company to land a spacecraft on the moon, ushering in a brave new world fo

Washington. La empresa Intuitive Machines, basada en Houston, logró posar en la Luna la primera nave espacial estadounidense en más de 50 años como parte de una nueva flota de robots comerciales no tripulados -financiada por la NASA- destinada a preparar misiones con astronautas a finales de esta década."Podemos confirmar sin duda alguna que nuestro equipo está en la superficie de la Luna, y estamos transmitiendo" declaró Tim Crain de Intuitive …

US startup makes history with stressful, landmark moon landing

Intuitive Machines just made history with the first private moon landing — and the mission was a nailbiter.