First US space mission to land on moon after five decades
The US space agency hopes the mission will give new life to NASA's lunar exploration efforts.


For the first time in more than 50 years, a US space mission has been launched to land on the moon.
The mission has been sent by private companies instead of NASA, the official space agency of the United States.
Another company Astrobiotic Technology's lander was launched from Florida by a rocket from United Launch Alliance.
The rocket launched the spacecraft to the moon, where it will attempt to land on February 23.
Astrobiotic aspires to become the first private company to successfully land a mission on the Moon. So far, only four countries have been able to do this, including the US, Russia, China and India.
This is the first US mission since 1972 to attempt to land on the moon.
These two companies were awarded millions of dollars by NASA and are intended to make the US presence felt on the moon, as other countries have already done a lot of work in 2023.
The US space agency hopes the mission will give new life to NASA's lunar exploration efforts.
It is pertinent to note that NASA will send humans to the moon through the Artemis-3 mission in 2025.
This is also the first test flight of the long-delayed Vulcan rocket.
In February, Space-X will try to land a private company's lander on the moon within a week.

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