"Private U.S. Moon Lander Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit Ahead of Historic Landing Attempt"

A private U.S. lunar lander, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus, has successfully reached low lunar orbit ahead of attempting a landing near the moon's south pole, a crucial maneuver that will occur on the moon's far side. If successful, this would mark the first private moon landing and the return of the U.S. to lunar exploration since the Apollo program. The mission, part of a NASA program to kickstart the lunar economy, carries experiments from NASA and other clients and aims to explore the prime real estate near the moon's south pole, believed to hold frozen water.