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Feb 2024
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U.S. Makes First Moon Landing in 50 Year...

The Wall Street Journal
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A.M. Edition for Feb. 23. U.S. firm Intuitive Machines makes a historic touchdown, becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Plus, a cyberattack hits one of America’s biggest prescription processors. And two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, James Marson and Georgi Kantchev take stock of how both economies are faring amid sanctions, declining aid and major military expenditures. Luke Vargas hosts. 

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