Houston-based Intuitive Machines lands spacecraft on the moon

The spacecraft, named Odysseus, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972.

Feb. 23, 2024

 

Houston-based lunar exploration company Intuitive Machines successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon Feb. 22.

 

The spacecraft, named Odysseus, is the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the moon and is the first U.S. spacecraft to touch down on the moon’s surface since Apollo 17 in 1972.

 

The Odysseus landed near the lunar south pole region outside the lunar crater Malapert A.  

 

The craft is carrying multiple NASA and commercial payloads that will conduct scientific inquiry into the lunar environment and carry out other tests in preparation for future lunar missions.  

 

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