When we talk about the Moon, the names of Indian organization ISRO and American organization NASA come up. But have you ever thought that a private company can also land a spacecraft on the moon? Actually, the lander Odysseus of the American company Houston based private company Intuitive Machines has landed on the South Pole of the Moon. This is the first private company whose lander has landed on the South Pole of the Moon.
America became the second country to land on the South Pole
For the first time in the world, a private company has created history by landing a spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon. The American company launched it on 15 February 2024. With this, America has become the second country to land on the South Pole of the Moon. Earlier, India’s Chandrayaan-3 had created a record in the whole world by landing on the South Pole.
However, according to the BBC report, there was some fault in Odysseus’ navigation system before landing. During this time, scientists thought that perhaps the spacecraft had fallen down. But after some time contact was established again. After receiving the signal from the spacecraft, the company was successful in making a safe landing. According to Indian time, the spacecraft landed at 4:53 pm.
What will Odysseus do?
Mission director Tim Crane said that the astronauts who went on the mission had told that there is a lot of dust there, due to which their equipment gets damaged. He said that now scientists want to know how the dust that rises there works when a spacecraft lands on the lunar surface. After that, how does it sit on the surface without gravity? Let us tell you that American space agency NASA has also purchased 6 blocks in this spacecraft and sent its equipment. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that America has returned to the Moon. He said that for the first time in human history an American company has traveled to the Moon, this shows the promise and power of NASA.