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U.S. 'on schedule' in race with China to land people on moon, NASA chief says
Despite China’s many achievements in space, including landing an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon to collect samples, the United States remains on track to return astronauts to the lunar surface ahead of its chief rival, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in an interview.
After another Chinese spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface earlier this month, this time to retrieve samples from the moon’s far side, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson congratulated a country that is challenging the United States’ long-held dominance in space. That schedule, however, has been pushed back a few times because of technical challenges, including an effort to better understand the performance of the heat shield of the capsule intended to fly astronauts to and from the vicinity of the moon. U.S. officials have said that Russia is developing a nuclear weapon that could be used in Earth orbit to destroy satellites and cripple key U.S. national security infrastructure used for missile warnings, reconnaissance and to guide precision munitions, among other things.
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