American Moon Landing 2024. American firm intuitive machines has become the first private company to land on the moon, and the first us mission to land on the lunar surface in more than 50 years. Lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said friday.

Intuitive machines’ odysseus moon lander captured this photo from lunar orbit on feb. The american astronaut left a lasting impression on one ‘moon landing truther’ who attempted to rubbish his legacy.