US EditionPrivate lander makes first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years
- The privately-owned Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander successfully touched down, marking the first US lunar landing in over 50 years.
- The lander, carrying experiments from NASA and commercial companies, successfully landed near the moon's south pole.
- Despite initial weak contact, the Intuitive Machines team confirmed the successful moon landing, with plans to establish data transmission within a limited timeframe.
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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.
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 …
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