NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military

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Bill Nelson, now administrator of NASA, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Bill Nelson, now administrator of NASA, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways

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While Japan's moon-landing error caused its robot to land upside-down (left), Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's error caused its lander to crash (right).

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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.

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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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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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works

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Imagery from one of its rovers shows the SLIM probe landed at a peculiar angle.

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A new space photo of Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon shows why it's not generating any power

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image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon.
Image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of Japan's SLIM lander upside down on the moon.

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After Peregrine failed to land on the moon, Astrobotic still plans to launch another lunar lander in November

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Astrobotic's Peregrine lander launched toward the moon on Monday, January 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon for the first time, but the mission didn't go exactly according to plan

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An illustration of JAXA's SLIM spacecraft on the moon.

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