Original version

BBC World Service South Asia

Business Matters

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Money

Global business and finance news and discussion from the BBC

Global business and finance news and discussion from the BBC.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Business Matters: US firm becomes first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon

US firm becomes first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon

23/02/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US firm becomes first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon

US private company lands a spacecraft on the Moon

US firm Intuitive Machines has made history by becoming the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon

The Houston-based company hopes to send another spacecraft in March. We discuss what this means other private firms hoping to explore space 

Google fixes its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist. We hear from a former Google executive about the new challenges facing technology companies. 

Shares in chipmaker Nvidia surge. We hear what is behind the biggest ever stock rally in the company's history.

(Picture:Computer generated image (CGI) issued by Intuitive Machines of an artist's impression of Intuitive Machine's Nova-C Odysseus lander. Credit NASA PA News)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Matters

US firm becomes first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service