The lunar lander called Odysseus or IM-1, created by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, is barreling toward the moon.
If it fails, Odysseus would become the third lunar lander to meet a fiery demise on the moon in less than a year.
Russia’s first lunar lander mission in 47 years, Luna 25, failed in August 2023 when it crash-landed.
Overall, more than half of all lunar landing attempts have ended in failure — tough odds for a feat humanity first pulled off nearly 60 years ago.
The US remains the only country to have put humans on the lunar surface, most recently in 1972 with the Apollo 17 mission.
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