Private US moon lander reaches lunar orbit ahead of touchdown attempt
In a first, a private American company's moon lander achieved lunar orbit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the IM-1 mission with the Nova-C moon lander built and owned by Intuitive Machines from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 15, 2024. The mission will attempt to deliver science payloads to the surface of the moon for NASA's Comm(photo credit: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)Updated: 
