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According to the company’s website, customers can book missions to Earth orbit as early as this year, with flights to the International Space Station following in 2025.

Stafford flew three types of spacecraft, journeyed to the moon, and logged more than 500 hours of spaceflight.

Flight controllers believe the Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander tipped over on its side.

Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lunar lander touched down on the moon’s surface at 6:23 p.m. EST.

Intuitive Machines on Thursday morning updates the expected landing time for the Nova-C lander.

The lunar lander is now closer to the moon than the end-to-end distance driving across Houston, nicknamed ‘Space City,’ according to Intuitive Machines.

This week’s moon mission won’t be the last in 2024 for NASA…or Astrobotic, the company behind Monday’s launch.

The second and third missions in the space agency’s Artemis program—which seeks to return Americans to the moon—were each delayed nearly one year.

Saturday’s launch again ended in the loss of both Starship stages, prompting another FAA mishap investigation and potential delays to NASA’s Artemis moon mission program.

The Handheld Universal Lunar Camera in development has a blanket for dust and thermal protection, as well as ergonomic buttons for use with bulky gloves.