The first private company just landed on the moon. Here's how they did it.

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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.

Astronauts explain why no human has visited the moon in 50 years — and the reasons why are depressing

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Apollo 11 astronauts planted a flag on the moon on July 20, 1969.

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A sculpture by Jeff Koons has become the first 'authorized' artwork on the moon

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Jeff Koons with "Rabbit."

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Watch the video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and hitting a snag, with $118 million on the line

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The Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander that's set to fly to the moon in February.

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NASA is back on the moon — with the first commercial lunar landing ever

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander touched down on the moon's surface.

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Photos show never-before-seen sea creatures living in an underwater mountain that dwarfs the Himalayas

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A squat lobster was spotted in coral during a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition.

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Astronomers used JWST to finally solve a 37-year mystery over one of the brightest cosmic explosions ever seen in modern history

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Researchers have found strong evidence that Supernova 1987A left behind a neutron star, one of the densest objects in the universe.

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NASA will pay 4 health-conscious 'astronaut-like' people to live inside a Mars simulation for 378 days. See if you qualify.

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The current CHAPEA crew enters the habitat in Houston.

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Einstein's last message was a dire warning against nuclear war that's still relevant today. Here's what it said.

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Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer both feared how nuclear weapons would be used in the future.

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12 years after NASA launched its Juno mission to Jupiter, these are its most stunning images of the gas giant

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An illustration of NASA's Juno spacecraft flying above the clouds of Jupiter.

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