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Intuitive MachinesAn American commercial lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, marking the first time the U.S. had landed on the surface in more than 50 years and the first time a privately-built built vehicle has made contact at all.No American craft had landed on the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, until Odysseus touched down in the South Pole region of the moon late Thursday afternoon.Built by Intuitive Machine, the Nova-C lander, nicknamed Odysseus, reached the lunar surf

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The landing put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.

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Intuitive Machines has broken the United States' half-century absence from the Moon's surface.

A Houston-based company has landed Americas first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots intended to pave the way for astronaut missions later this decade.

A private American company has scripted history by landing the first commercial spacecraft on the Moon as well as the first US vehicle on the Earths only natural satellite in more than 50 years, joining earlier feats by India, Russia, the US and China.

A private U.S. lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but contact with the craft was weak, company officials said. There were no immediate updates on the lander's condition from the company, Intuitive Machines. Tension mounted in the company's command center in Houston, as controllers awaited a signal from the spacecraft some 400,000 kilometers…

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander touch down near Malapert A in the South Pole region of the moon on Thursday evening.