US lander successfully touches down on moon for first time in over 50 years
It has landed closer to the moon's south pole than any other craft.
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It has landed closer to the moon's south pole than any other craft.
A private U.S. lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but contact with the craft was weak, company officials said.
Odysseus becomes the first privately-built spacecraft to survive a lunar landing, but its exact condition is unknown.
The successful landing puts the U.S. back on the moon’s surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers, more than 50 years ago.
A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.