Intuitive Machines mission control reported that it was receiving pings from the lander, which means it touched down at about 6:24 p.m.
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander beamed back its first images from space earlier this month.
Intuitive MachinesNASA has several CLPS missions scheduled over the next two years, including two more with Intuitive Machines.
AdvertisementEven later this year, a different Intuitive Machines spacecraft is scheduled to head to the western edge of the moon's near side.
So NASA and Intuitive Machines have officially put the new commercial lunar era in swing, and they're just getting started.
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