SpaceX ready to launch private-led Moon mission

Final preparations are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to blast off early Wednesday, carrying a privately built lunar lander to the Moon.

Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company leading mission "IM-1," is aiming to become the first company to achieve a soft touchdown on Earth's celestial sibling, and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.