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US prestige at stake as Texas company launches for the Moon
Intuitive Machines, the Houston company leading mission "IM-1," hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo missions more than five decades ago.
A pelican glides above the Turning Basin past a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ready for the Intuitive Machines' Nova-C moon lander mission at launch pad LC-39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 13, 2024 (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
UNITED STATES - An American spaceship attempting a lunar landing has been rescheduled to launch early on Thursday, the second private-led effort this year after the first ended