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Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown

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Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown

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Space@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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The lander, built by Intuitive Machines, touched down on the lunar surface at around 6:24 p.m. ET, overcoming a late-stage glitch with its onboard laser instruments.

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Their lasers failed because they forgot to turn them on (physical switch before launch)… Unbelievable.

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