A private U.S. lunar lander is in orbit around the moon, a day before it will attempt to land on the surface. Intuitive Machines' spacecraft reached the moon Wednesday. It launched last week under a NASA program to kickstart the lunar economy. On Thursday, flight controllers in Houston will lower the spacecraft's orbit and attempt a landing near the moon's south pole. It’s a dicey place to land with craters and cliffs. Another U.S. company tried to send a lander to the moon last month, but it never got there because of a fuel leak.
