Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, a celestial body that orbits the planet and has been the subject of space exploration, including the historic Apollo 11 landing.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the death of Margaret Hamilton, whose software was instrumental in the success of the Apollo Moon landing missions.

Latest on Moon

• RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
• Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer who helped put humans on the Moon, dies at 90
• Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
• Moonshot said to eye Hong Kong IPO in early 2027 after value hits US$50 billion
• Moonshot said to eye early 2027 IPO after value hits $50 billion
• OpenAI says actors linked to China-based Moonshot AI spearheaded a campaign to extract its models’ hidden reasoning — logged 16,000 extraction requests across 4,000 accounts before cutoff
• System is pivotal to Elon Musk's ambitions to win more Nasa contracts and transport humans to the Moon and Mars
• SpaceX plans to construct factories on the moon, with robots performing most of the labor-intensive work

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