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Second US company prepares to make Moon history after Peregrine’s fiery demise

A private lunar space probe is looking to make history this week as it undergoes final preparations for its week-long journey to the Moon.

The Nova-C Odysseus lander, built by Texas-based space flight company Intuitive Machines (IM), is ready to to blast off on Valentine’s Day – just weeks after another US spacecraft, Peregrine, failed to touch down following a fuel leak.

If successful, Odysseus could become the first

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