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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander is doing well on its own in deep space after its early-morning launch atop a SpaceX rocket on Thursday (Feb. 15).

Intuitive Machines' first Nova-C lunar lander — named Odysseus — is now on an eight-day journey to try to touch down near the moon's south pole.

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus, launched to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in 50 years. China aims for crewed lunar landing by 2030. Successful soft landings on the moon have been achieved by the U.S., Soviet Union, China, and Japan.

Second time was a charm for a Houston-based company that launched a privately built moon lander into space early Thursday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned spacecraft. The company's Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, lifted off shortly after 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket flown by Elon Musk' SpaceX from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. About 48 minutes after launch, the six-legged lander was shown being released from Falcon 9...