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Start of new Space Race? First private spacecraft will land on moon next month

By Lily Larsen
Published December 5, 2023 11:27pm ET
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Start of new Space Race? First private spacecraft will land on moon next month
In this undated handout photo provided by Justin Sutcliffe, spectators attend the exhibition ''The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks'' at Lightroom in London. Hanks narrates the immersive film tracing the missions that landed 12 people on the moon between 1969 and 1972 and plans for future lunar exploration.

The Peregrine Lunar Lander is primed to be the first private spacecraft to land on the moon as it opens NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

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