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This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the near side of the moon following lunar orbit insertion on Feb. 21, 2024.

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Video. Private company makes first US Moon landing in more than 50 years

Updated: 23/02/2024 - 11:37 GMT+1

The historic landing - the first for a private company - put the US back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.

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