U.S. shoots for 1st lunar landing in 50 years, this time with private companies leading the way

A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half a century, after launching into space aboard a new rocket that was the result of a joint venture from Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

U.S. shoots for 1st lunar landing in 50 years, this time with private companies leading the way
A thin rocketis shown ascending in the air with massive clouds of smoke trailing it in a night time photograph.

A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half a century, after launching into space aboard a new rocket that was the result of a joint venture from Boeing and Lockheed Martin.