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In a historic moment echoing the Apollo era, the United States has once again set foot on the moon with the successful landing of the unmanned Odysseus spacecraft, operated by Houston-based company...
The mission was carried out in joint effort by SpaceX, NASA and Intuitive Machines.
The Odysseus mission marks the first controlled descent to the moon's surface by a US spaceship since Apollo 17 in 1972. The company behind the mission said flight controllers received a signal from the moon lander.
A private lander touched down on the moon Thursday but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years.
A private U.S. lunar lander touched down on the moon, but contact with the craft was weak, company officials said.