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For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful

The failure of the Odysseus lander, built and launched by Intuitive Machines, is a further demonstration that the exploration of outer space is incompatible with the profit motive.

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander was the first private spacecraft to reach the lunar surface. We now have some images of what it sees as well as an update on its fate.

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"Hours after we got off the launch pad, we almost lost the spacecraft."

Editor's note: This release was updated Feb. 23, 2024, to add an image from the news conference and participant titles.

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is stable and functioning, but it appears to have landed on the moon's surface on its side.

Intuitive Machines Odysseus moon lander apparently settled on its side during its historic Feb. 22 touchdown, but the spacecraft is still going strong.

Intuitive Machines became the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon on Feb. 22. The lander appears to be alive and well, the company has confirmed.

Sorry, space fans: We won't be getting ground-level views of the first American moon landing since the Apollo era.