The United States has made a triumphant return to the moon, thanks to a successful landing by a private spacecraft. The robotic lander, Odysseus, built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR), touched down near the lunar south pole on Thursday evening. What Happened: This marks a significant milestone in space exploration, as no private spacecraft had ever soft-landed on the moon before. The last American vehicle to achieve a soft landing on the moon was NASA’s crewed Apollo 17 lander in December 1972, reported Space.com. “What a triumph! Odysseus has taken the moon,” sai…
