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A Houston company made history by successfully landing the first commercial US spacecraft on the moon, more than 50 years after the US made its last crewed landing.

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Jeff Koons with "Rabbit."
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The Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander that's set to fly to the moon in February.
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An artist's illustration of Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander on the moon with Earth in the background.
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander touched down on the moon's surface.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft flying above Jupiter's swirling clouds.
An illustration of NASA's Juno spacecraft flying above the clouds of Jupiter.
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In our top science stories this week, SpaceX must deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to a flaw; a person in Oregon caught the bubonic plague from their pet cat; and the Perseverance rover’s SHERLOC instrument is on the fritz. Oh, and a grotesque AI interpretation of rat genitalia somehow made it past peer review.

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An artist's illustration shows an asteroid causing a large blast as it crashes into Earth
An artist's impression of what an asteroid impact on Earth would look like.
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The inaugural CHAPEA crew celebrates Thanksgiving inside the habitat. From left to right: Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell.
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After eight years of experimenting with flames in space, NASA lit a fire inside a cargo spacecraft for the last time and sent its Saffire experiment toward a burning reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.

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