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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back. NASA, the main sponsor with experiments on board, is hoping for a successful moon landing next week as it seeks

The Nova-C lunar lander from Intuitive Machines is now heading toward the moon after launching on a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Another week, another private U.S. company launches a Moon shot. That was the result Thursday as SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off on course for a lunar touchdown.

Shares of space-exploration company Intuitive Machines Inc. rose 35.5% after the successful launch of its Nova-C lunar lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…

If fully successful, the IM-1 cargo mission would be the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years.

Odysseus, a lunar lander built by the aerospace company Intuitive Machines, launched atop a SpaceX rocket on a mission to the moons south pole

The company went public via a SPAC merger last year and, despite nearly doubling so far this year, trades at about half the stock’s debut price.

If all goes well, a touchdown attempt would occur Feb. 22, after a day in lunar orbit. The U.S. has not returned to the moon’s surface since the Apollo program

After a competitor's unsuccessful launch, SpaceX sent its Falcon rocket on a mission to the moon early Thursday morning.

A touchdown attempt is scheduled for next week.