# @morningbrew on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3q0rAlsPf0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17596007-morningbrew-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-23T00:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) — https://gondola.cc/MorningBrew

## Caption

"Odysseus has found its new home."⁠
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After an eight day journey (and a nail-biting communications error at the finish line), Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines has touched down on the lunar surface. ⁠
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In partnership with NASA and SpaceX, Intuitive's lunar lander named "Odysseus" took off last Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. ⁠
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The lander is carrying NASA science equipment as it spends a week collecting data just off the moon's south pole. ⁠
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The landing is historic on multiple fronts: it's the first time a private company has landed on the moon, and it marks the first US lunar landing since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. ⁠
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Overall, the operation is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Service program (CLPS), responsible for working with private companies to develop moon landers. Intuitive was awarded $118 million by NASA to complete the trip. ⁠

📸 : Intuitive Machines
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#nasa #technews #space #sciencenews #business #businessnews #privatesector #odysseus #spacex

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morning Brew ☕️ | @MorningBrew | https://gondola.cc/MorningBrew | Media Company |
| Liam Fennessy | @LiamFennessy_ | https://gondola.cc/LiamFennessy_ | Editor |

## Tags

nasa, technews, businessnews, space, business, sciencenews, spacex, odysseus, privatesector

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