U.S. returns to the moon as NASA's Odysseus successfully touches down
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U.S. returns to the moon as NASA's Odysseus successfully touches down
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The National Space Society, History made! Odysseus, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, has become the first U.S.-made spacecraft to touch down on the moon in 50 years! �
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