NASA’s CLPS Initiative Collects First Surface Science in Over 50 Years During Moon Mission // March 3, 2024 NASA & SPACE NEWS – For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA was able to collect data from new science instruments and technology demonstrations on the Moon . The six instruments ceased science and technology operations eight days after landing in the lunar South Pole region aboard Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus . This was the first U.S. soft landing on