SpaceX / Elon Musk's amazing work after Chandrayaan, will land spacecraft on the moon

After creating history with India's Chandrayaan, now Allen is also preparing to land a spacecraft on the moon. In fact, with the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, India has become the first country in the world to make a soft landing near the south pole of the moon. Even Elon Musk has become a fan of this historic success of India. Due to which now his company is also going to land a spacecraft on the moon.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 16, 2024, 08:08 AM

SpaceX: After creating history with India's Chandrayaan, now Allen is also preparing to land a spacecraft on the moon. In fact, with the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, India has become the first country in the world to make a soft landing near the south pole of the moon. Even Elon Musk has become a fan of this historic success of India. Due to which now his company is also going to land a spacecraft on the moon. Let us tell you, SpaceX has sent the Moon Lander of a private company to the Moon's orbit. The name of this company is Intuitive Machines, which is based in Houston.

Elon Musk will create history on February 22

The first private moon lander has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its name is Odysseus Lander, it is also being called IM-1 Lander. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been used to launch it. It is expected that it will reach the south pole of the Moon i.e. India's Vikram Lander on 22 February. If everything goes well, this will be the first time that a private company will successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.

Rs 980 crore deal

This lander has been built under NASA's commercial program - Lunar Payload Service. For its launch, NASA had signed a deal of $ 118 million (about Rs 980 crore) with Intuitive Machines. Let us tell you, earlier this mission was to be launched on 14th February, but it could not happen due to the problem of window fuel (change in the temperature of methane). After this it was launched on 15 February. If the launch is successful then this lander will land on the surface of the moon on 22 February. IM-1 Odysseus Private Lunar Lander is a total mission of 16 days. After landing on the lunar surface, it will work for 7 days.

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India made a record

When India's Chandrayaan went to the Moon, the owner of SpaceX company, Elon Musk, who is among the world's top billionaires, responded to the tweet by saying that India has sent its spacecraft to the Moon with a budget less than the film Interstellar. The budget of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was around Rs 620 crore ($75 million) while the budget of Interstellar was $165 million. Musk said that this is good for India. This is the same Musk who has made a grand plan ranging from thousands of satellites to establishing a colony on Mars.