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SpaceX launches a private lander on the Moon

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Odysseus will be the first private spacecraft in history to land on Earth’s satellite.

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX sent the Odysseus lander to the Moon on Thursday, February 15. It was built by a private American company, Intuitive Machines. Space.com reported it.

The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Odysseus on board was carried out from the Cape Canaveral Space Center (Florida).

The device is scheduled to land on the lunar south pole on February 22. Odysseus will be the first private spacecraft in history to land on Earth’s satellite.

The total weight of the lander is 675 kg. There are 12 cargo units aboard the Odysseus. Six of them, including the laser reflector and radio instruments, belong to NASA. The rest is owned by various private customers.

The United States has not landed on the lunar surface since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission more than half a century ago.

We remind you that on January 19, the Japanese landing module SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) landed on the Moon. Japan became the fifth country in the world to land on the surface of the Moon after USSR, USA, China and India.

Japan on the Moon. Historic achievement

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