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The first United States spacecraft to reach the moon since 1972 touched down yesterday, joining China, India, and Japan as the only countries to successfully land on the moon in the 21st century. Intuitive Machines had been working with NASA to launch a moon lander of their own, named Odysseus, which made a perfect landing on the moon and is now transmitting data back to the crew on Earth. It is the first privately built spacecraft to land on the moon, and Intuitive Machines plans to launch more missions like this in the future. The next lander expected to touch down on the moon is China's Chang-e'6, which will collect samples of numerous moon rocks before returning to Earth.
On another note, while filming a National Geographic docuseries named 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith,' the scientists involved stumbled upon a new type of anaconda in the Amazon Rainforest-- and it is an entire new species! The green anaconda is widely known as the largest of all four giant anaconda subspecies (green, yellow, Bolivian, and dark-spotted), but this new northern green anaconda reached up to 20.8 feet (6.3 meters), making it the largest anaconda species ever discovered. The locals, the Huaorani people, invited the scientists to investigate the area after they reported seeing massive anacondas like never before. The scientists managed to find many of them and hope to find more examples of this new species to study. These new snakes are the largest ever found, and some of the tribe claims that they have seen even larger ones-- up to 24.6 feet (7.5 meters) and 1,102 pounds (500 kilograms)!
Fact of the Day: There are more possible moves in a chess game than there are atoms in the universe.
Quote of the Day: It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
(Bill Gates)
Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Haggard (adj)- Someone described as haggard appears tired or thin especially as if because of hunger, worry, or pain. Haggard can also describe someone who looks wild or otherwise disheveled.
In a Sentence: After a disastrous rafting trip, Robin emerged from the woods looking haggard but otherwise unscathed.
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