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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1758022464326840739

IM-1 has also been successfully deployed. We'll likely see the first private "soft" moon landing in history and the first from the US in decades.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IM-1




To temper expectations a bit - last month another private company attempted the same and had a problem in-flight, eventually leading to basically a failure of mission.

Hopefully IM-1 doesn't run into any issues, but landing on the moon is hard. I think of the last 10 or so moon landers, only ~50% actually successfully landed. Most recently Japan managed to accidentally land upside down!

So best of luck to IM-1, but don't count your chickens yet.




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