Leave it to a 14-foot robot named Odyssius to stick the first US Moon landing since Apollo.

What we can confirm without a doubt is our equipment is on the surface of the Moon.

Houston-based intuitive machines, now the first private company to successfully land on the Moon.

Houston, Odyssius has found his new home.

But now troubleshooting a communications issue.

And lift off. Go, SpaceX. Go, I One and the Odyssius lunar lander.

Odyssius launched on a SpaceX rocket just seven days ago, sending back spectacular photos of Earth as it rocketed towards the lunar South Pole. Onboard, six NASA experiments. The icewater on the Pole makes it NASA's target zone when astronauts return in just a few years. This is the South Pole of the Moon. That's correct. In a NASA simulator, we saw the hostile conditions they'll have to navigate, the sun hanging very low on the horizon. Those shadows are so long. To cut costs, NASA has hired 14 private companies to run advanced experiments on the Moon, though many could fail.

It's really, really difficult to land on the Moon. I mean, there's no air or to slow you down, so you can't use parachutes.

The Odyssius lander will only have 12 to 13 days before its solar power runs out. But tonight, just getting there is mission accomplished. Tom Costello, MBC News.

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