The Nova-C lander of the American company Intuitive Machines made a successful landing on the moon. The event was published on the website NASA.
The descent onto the surface of the Earth satellite was recorded at 02:23 Moscow time. Experts established contact with the device a quarter of an hour later.
“We are on the surface and sending out a signal. “Welcome to the Moon,” Intuitive Machines president Steve Altemus said during the broadcast.
The Nova-C lander is the size of a telephone booth and weighs approximately 1.9 tons. Falcon 9 rocket started On Wednesday, February 14. The spacecraft successfully covered a distance of 370 thousand kilometers.
Intuitive Machines received $118 million from NASA to conduct a series of experiments on the Moon. The company has also added clients such as sportswear maker Columbia Sportswear. The module features metallic Columbia jacket fabric, which must pass thermal insulation testing in space.
19 January to the Moon’s surface sat successfully Japan’s First Intelligent Lander (SLIM) spacecraft to explore the Moon.
It was previously known when to go to the Moon will go new Russian stations.