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Moon landing live: US spacecraft Odysseus successfully touches down

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Moon landing live: US spacecraft Odysseus successfully touches down – BBC News

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US firm Intuitive Machines has made history by becoming the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon
The spacecraft, nicknamed Odysseus, has touched down near the South Pole of the Moon, where scientists hope there could be a source of water
The craft made the 384,400km (238,855 mile) journey from Earth after blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, last Thursday
Intuitive Machines has been contracted by Nasa to carry six scientific instruments on board that will help study the Moon’s surface and measure radio waves
The Houston-based company hopes to send another spacecraft in March that would drill to find underground ice
Odysseus is also carrying 125 tiny sculptures made by US artist Jeff Koons. He hopes they will be the first artworks to make it to the lunar surface
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