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- More than 50 years since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, the world is racing to the lunar surface again.
- NASA was slated to land astronauts on the lunar surface earlier than China but has announced delays.
- Congressional leaders on Wednesday fretted that China could land first and become a space power.
Congressional leaders on Wednesday warned of consequences the US and its allies may face if they lose the new race to the moon, as the National American Space Agency announced delays to its crewed Artemis missions.
Their worries were largely directed at efforts by China to forge its own space dominance and land astronauts on the moon in the next decade.