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Received yesterday — 2 June 2026 ⏭

First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface

✇Scientific American News
By: Michael Greshko
23 February 2024 at 15:00

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission is the first U.S. soft landing on the moon since Apollo 17. It’s also a sign of private industry’s growing role in space

© Intuitive Machines/Flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 )

A view of the moon's near side, beamed back by Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander (partially visible in the foreground) following its arrival in lunar orbit on February 21, 2024.
Received — 31 May 2026 ⏭

First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface

✇Scientific American News
By: Michael Greshko
23 February 2024 at 15:00

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission is the first U.S. soft landing on the moon since Apollo 17. It’s also a sign of private industry’s growing role in space

© Intuitive Machines/Flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 )

A view of the moon's near side, beamed back by Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander (partially visible in the foreground) following its arrival in lunar orbit on February 21, 2024.
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