A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in 52 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact. Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had landed upright. The landing put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers. Read more about how CU Boulder is helping with the lunar mission at the link in our bio. 🌙 #nasa #apollo #odysseus #moon #space #thefinalfrontier