NASA has selected three companies to build a «lunar vehicle» for astronauts of Artemis missions
Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab will participate in the NASA competition for the development of a vehicle which will be able to travel on the Moon — an order with a potential value of $4.6 billion for the next 13 years.
Odysseus has managed to land on the Moon. It is the first American in 50 years and the first private vehicle on the Earth’s natural satellite
The Odysseus spacecraft of the Houston-based private company Intuitive Machines has successfully landed on the lunar surface. This is the first time a private company’s spacecraft has landed on Earth’s natural satellite, and it is the first U.S.-made vehicle to reach the Moon since the Apollo missions.
The Intuitive Machines lunar vehicle has sent home its first images from space
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C spacecraft, which was sent into space on February 15, has sent back the first incredible images of the Earth. It took them before it moved far from the planet on its way to the Moon. Earlier, the company confirmed that the spacecraft is «in excellent condition».