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The two NASA astronauts gave a press conference a week after their problem-riddled Boeing capsule returned to Earth, leaving them behind.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX employees and a former Air Force pilot are the crew of Mission Polaris Dawn.
NASA determined it was too risky for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to make their way back to Earth, delaying their return until next year.
The results could be disastrous, in numerous ways.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Intuitive Machines' lander, Odysseus, touched down on the moon Thursday, but contact with the craft was weak.
We are returning to the moon in a way we never have before, and the safety of our astronauts is NASAs top priority," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.
The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people.
The telescope sports much more sensitive sensors than its predecessors, which it uses to capture images across an extremely wide field-of-view.
Tens of millions in the Americas are getting front-row seats for a rare ring of fire eclipse of the sun.
An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscows once-proud space program.