Space company Intuitive Machines became the first business to land a private spacecraft on the moon on Thursday.

“We are on the surface … welcome to the moon,” Intuitive Machines’ mission control said. “Odysseus has found his new home.”

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander is nicknamed “Odysseus” after the mythological Greek hero, and is the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the lunar surface since 1972.

The lander launched into space from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last week and traveled over 621,000 miles before successfully entering lunar orbit on Wednesday.

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