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Rochelle Travers and Rachelle Abbott

Private spacecraft Nova-C Odysseus attempts to make history with Moon landing: Tech & Science Daily podcast

A spacecraft is aiming to make history tonight by becoming the first private mission to land intact on the lunar surface - and be the first US Moon landing in 50 years since Apollo 17.

The Nova-C Odysseus lander, built by Texas-based space flight company Intuitive Machines, is currently in lunar orbit but will attempt to land in the Moon’s south pole region at 10.30pm UK time.

The spacecraft blasted off last week from Cape Canaveral in Florida on top of a Falcon 9 rocket made by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX.

We’ve got all the big announcements from Nintendo Direct February 2024. This one was a partner showcase meaning it only featured third party games, and unfortunately, there was no mention of the heavily rumoured - although yet unconfirmed - Switch 2.

There’s an urgent warning for Android users to delete the following five apps from their phones because they’re infected with malware.

They include a number of PDF viewers or phone cleaners, so delete any apps that are called: Phone Cleaner – File Explorer, Phone Cleaner: File Explorer, PDF Viewer – File Explorer, PDF Reader – Viewer & Editor, and PDF Reader: File Manager.

And the rest:

First ever alopecia treatment approved for NHS use, study finds ADHD may have emerged in humans as an evolutionary advantage, and a dead satellite has crashed half a world away from where it was expected.

Scientists discover the secret to how baleen whales sing underwater, ChatGPT has a meltdown, and your chance to travel to space by balloon.

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