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Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander is on the moon’s surface and transmitting to Earth, though the signal is weak. “I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting,” CEO Steve Altemus said on a webcast Thursday evening, CNN reports. “Welcome to the moon.” Applause and celebrations could be heard on the company’s webcast, after tension built during the wait for a signal at the company’s command center in Houston, per the AP. “We’re evaluating how we can refine that signal,” said mission director Tim Crain. “But we can confirm, without a doubt, that our equ…

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