Russia vetoed a US attempt to stop countries putting nukes in space — exactly what the Kremlin is accused of trying to do

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Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia raises his hand to veto the Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons resolution bill during a meeting of U.N. Security Council members, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters.
Russia's representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia raises his hand to veto the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons resolution bill on April 24, 2024.

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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.

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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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites

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A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a new-generation ocean color monitoring satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Nov. 16, 2023. The satellite has successfully entered the planned orbit.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.

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split image shows orange rocket beside a rover on the moon and the lunar surface with a crater
NASA's Space Launch System (left) is its new moon rocket. China's Yutu 2 rover (middle) explores the far side of the moon. Russia's Luna-25 lander just crashed (right).

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