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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Race SpaceX to the Moon

While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a plan to put an uncrewed spacecraft on the moon in 12-16 months.

By Kenneth Chang

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Odysseus Moon Lander Sends Photos Home Before Spacecraft Likely Dies

The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited by its sideways landing. On another part of the moon, a Japanese spacecraft woke up.

By Kenneth Chang

Intuitive Machines LLC Moon National Aeronautics and Space Administration Private Spaceflight Space and Astronomy United States

Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say

The Odysseus spacecraft was drifting horizontally as it set down, and a landing strut may have hit an obstacle on the surface.

By Kenneth Chang

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U.S. Moon Landing: How to Watch and What to Know About the Odysseus Mission

If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.

By Kenneth Chang