[Courtesy: Intuitive Machines] Six days on the moon’s surface and 13 days after launch, the Odysseus private lunar landing mission that put the U.S. back on the moon for the first time in more ...

Although it fell onto its side, Odysseus was able to communicate with flight controllers after landing, and the mission ended ...

the Houston-based aerospace company behind the IM-1 mission, has made history with the first successful moon landing by a company when its Nova-C autonomous lander Odysseus reached the surface.

"I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said. "Welcome to the moon." ...

For private companies, however, moon missions remain a risky bet on the future. The touchdown of the Odysseus robotic landing probe on the moon on Feb. 22 launched plenty of highflying rhetoric ...