La nave espacial no tripulada\u00a0ODYSSEUS\u00a0de la empresa\u00a0INTUITIVE MACHINES\u00a0realiz\u00f3 el 22feb24 el primer alunizaje completado exitosamente de un veh\u00edculo espacial de EUA en m\u00e1s de 50 a\u00f1os, desde el Apollo 17 en 1972, finalizando as\u00ed un misi\u00f3n desde la tierra. Es el primer alunizaje suave realizado por una empresa privada, despu\u00e9s de una serie de intentos fallidos anteriores de empresas como Astrobotic Technology en enero de 2024.<\/p>\n
Intuitive Machines\u2019 uncrewed Odysseus spacecraft made the first moon landing by an American vehicle in more than 50 years Thursday evening, finishing a week-long voyage from the Earth after a short delay and marking the first-ever soft lunar landing by a private company.<\/p>\n
Key Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n Odysseus\u2019 touchdown near the moon\u2019s south pole is the first lunar landing by a U.S. entity since Apollo 17 in 1972, though other countries have launched spacecraft to the moon more recently, including China<\/a> in 2019 and Japan<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It also breaks a streak of failed attempts by U.S. companies, including Astrobotic Technology, whose Peregrine lander malfunctioned<\/a> on its journey to the moon, before burning up as it attempted to re-enter the Earth\u2019s atmosphere last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed the spacecraft\u2019s landing after it was detected by a \u201cfaint signal,\u201d saying it \u201caced the landing of a lifetime,\u201d calling it \u201ca giant leap forward for all of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Odysseus, a spacecraft roughly the size of a phone booth that was launched into space earlier this month on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is intended to spend a week collecting data on the moon\u2019s surface before losing power, though its operation on the moon\u2019s surface remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Its final hours in the moon\u2019s orbit were mired in glitches, including a communications breakdown prior to its landing, as well as an issue with the spacecraft\u2019s laser instruments that failed to operate, causing a two-hour delay in its landing.<\/p>\n