The first private company just landed on the moon. Here's how they did it.

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A Houston company made history by successfully landing the first commercial US spacecraft on the moon, more than 50 years after the US made its last crewed landing.

Watch the video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and hitting a snag, with $118 million on the line

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The Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander that's set to fly to the moon in February.

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NASA is back on the moon — with the first commercial lunar landing ever

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An artist's illustration of Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander on the moon with Earth in the background.
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander touched down on the moon's surface.

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Former SpaceX engineers explain how the US's first moon landing mission in decades may have gone wrong and how to prevent similar anomalies

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ULA rocket taking off into space with a giant billowing cloud of gas underneath it.
Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket.

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NASA's $93 billion moon-landing program looks really bad right now

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A full moon behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher
NASA announced astronauts won't fly to the moon before 2025.

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The US's moon mission now has 'no chance' of landing on the moon after a fuel leak that started hours following the launch

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Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket on Monday.

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The first space photo from the US's moon-lander mission is a clear sign something is very wrong

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A ULA Vulcan rocket launches into space on Monday, carrying the Peregrine lunar missions.
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket launching into space on Monday, carrying the Peregrine Mission One lunar lander.

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Watch the historic moment India successfully lands on the south pole of the moon, beating the US, China, and Russia

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Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for "moon craft" in Sanskrit, travels after it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

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