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Watch video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and getting stuck with $118 million at stake

Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander, which will fly to the moon in February.Intuitive Machines/NASA NASA returned to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years on Thursday with the help of Houston-based company Intuitive Machines. The uncrewed Odysseus lunar lander, built and operated by Intuitive Machines, became the first commercial spacecraft to land… Read More »

New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt a historic landing at the moon’s south pole

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. On July 20, 1969, the world watched as man set foot on the moon for the first time. However, it was not easy for NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong to make… Read More »

New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt a historic landing at the moon’s south pole

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. On July 20, 1969, the world watched as man set foot on the moon for the first time. But the perfect landing of Eagle’s lunar lander by NASA astronaut Neil… Read More »

Scientists say the Moon has entered a new era

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. For millennia, the Moon has inspired humans from afar, but the bright beacon in Earth’s night sky — located more than 200,000 miles (321,868 kilometers) away — has remained just out of reach. Everything changed… Read More »

Scientists say the Moon has entered a new era

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. For millennia, the Moon has inspired humans from afar, but the bright beacon in Earth’s night sky — located more than 200,000 miles (321,868 kilometers) away — has remained just out of reach. Everything changed… Read More »

NASA’s plans to return to the moon suffer a blow

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Humans landed on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program in the late 1960s and 1970s using computers with much less processing power than today’s smartphones. Still, even fifty years later,… Read More »

NASA’s plans to return to the moon suffer a blow

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Humans landed on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program in the late 1960s and 1970s using computers with much less processing power than today’s smartphones. Still, even fifty years later,… Read More »