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The Odysseus lander has successfully touched down after a "nail-biting" descent saw the first ever privately owned craft reach the moon's surface.
The Intuitive Machines' lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon touch down on the moon's surface in more than 50 years - since the last of NASA's Apollo programme in 1972.
There was applause and cheers in the Houston control room as landing success was confirmed after a few tense minutes.
"I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said.
"Welcome to the moon."
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The Intuitive Machines' lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon touch down on the moon's surface in more than 50 years - since the last of NASA's Apollo programme in 1972.
There was applause and cheers in the Houston control room as landing success was confirmed after a few tense minutes.
"I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting," Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said.
"Welcome to the moon."
US lander successfully touches down on moon for first time in over 50 years
It has landed closer to the moon's south pole than any other craft.
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