Morehead State University provides missing link for moon mission

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Morehead State University provides missing link for moon mission

Morehead State University's Space Science department played a crucial role in the first landing of an uncrewed private spacecraft on the moon in February.The Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission launched on February 15, aiming to become the first private spacecraft on the moon. It was also the first time the United States had landed a spacecraft on the moon since the Apollo era of the 1970s. In the final moments before touchdown on February 22, thoug…