Successful landing of private company Intuitive's Odysseus spacecraft on the South Pole of the Moon
- After 50 years, America again on the lunar soil - Now the future human settlement on the moon will be prepared according to the Artemis program: NASA scientists in the lander Washington: Today America has returned to the moon after 50 years. Today, Thursday, February 23, 2024, at 6:2 pm (US time), the lander Odysseus of America's first private company, Intuitive Machines (Houston), has landed safely on the South Pole of the Moon. The Odysseus lander touched down on the lunar surface at 4:30 a.m. Indian time on Friday. America's space research organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator Bill Nelson has expressed his happiness on this historic occasion by showing such enthusiasm. Intuitive Machines Company has developed such a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPES) program with technical and financial support from NASA. NASA's Apollo-17 spacecraft was launched on December 7, 1972. Then, after exactly 13 days of space travel, Apoll...