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NASA, with several research instruments aboard the vehicle, hailed the landing as a major achievement in its goal of sending a squad of commercially flown spacecraft on scientific scouting missions to the moon ahead of a planned return of astronauts there later this decade
Commercial US spaceship hours from attempted Moon landing
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander became the first commercial spacecraft to survive a trip to the moon's surface — but in what condition?
For the first time since 1972, the US is back on the moon. A harsh environment, a lack of experienced lunar engineers and the need for precise last-minute adjustments added to the challenges.
The Odysseus mission marks the first controlled descent to the moon's surface by a US spaceship since Apollo 17 in 1972