Big news has come out from the world of space. This is the first time that a private company has landed its lander on the lunar surface.
The American company that achieved this feat has created history.
This is a Houston company named Intuitive Machines. The special thing is that this good news has come from India’s ISRO about 6 months after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.
India became the first country in the world to land Chandrayaan on the south pole of the Moon. A few days before this, Russia’s unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft went out of control and fell on the Moon.
In such a situation, the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission was appreciated all over the world.
The American company named the moon lander Odysseus which has landed towards the south pole of the moon. It is important to mention here that while landing the lander, the controllers lost contact with it for a few moments.
However, the good thing was that soon it started getting signals again. The flight director’s name is Tim Crane. Giving information about the successful landing, he said, ‘We confirm that our instrument has reached the lunar surface.
It is also sending us signals from there. At the same time, the company’s CEO Steve Altemus expressed his happiness and said, ‘Welcome to the moon, Odysseus has found a new home.’
Landing special at 80 degree south on the south pole of the moon
Let us tell you that Odysseus was launched last week from Cape Canaveral Launch Station in Florida. It has covered a distance of 3 lakh 84 thousand kilometers from the Earth to reach the Moon.
Odysseus landed at the moon’s south pole at 80 degrees south. This is the same area where America wants to land astronauts as part of its human mission.
US is currently working on Artemis mission. Its purpose is to land man on the moon. Besides, arrangements will also be made for humans to stay on the moon for a long time.
In such a situation, the successful landing of a private vehicle is being considered very important for future missions related to the moon.