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Intuitive Machines Moon launch: Watch as US firm aims to make history

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Intuitive Machines Moon launch: Watch as US firm aims to make history – BBC News

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Intuitive Machines, a private Houston-based company, is launching its first lunar lander to the Moon from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is being used to launch the spacecraft, nicknamed Odysseus, with the hope that it will touch down near the South Pole of the Moon on 22 February
If all goes well, it would mark the first time a private firm has successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon
It would also be the first American mission in 51 years to complete a soft touchdown on the Moon
The company has been contracted by Nasa to carry six scientific instruments on-board that will help study the Moon’s surface and measure radio waves
You can watch the live stream of the launch from 05:30 GMT (00:30 EST) by pressing the play button at the top of this page – there will not be regular text updates

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