00:00 A lunar mission is set to launch next week on Valentine's Day, less than a month after
00:04 a similar mission tragically failed when it burned and incinerated in the air soon after
00:10 liftoff.
00:11 The forthcoming attempt features a lander built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines
00:17 fixed to the top of a SpaceX rocket, as it deviates from the last launch that featured
00:22 a United Launch Alliance rocket and robotics lander.
00:27 Nevertheless, the stakes are as high as America seeks another moonshot and soft touchdown
00:32 on the lunar surface five decades since the last successful Apollo moon mission.
00:38 Even more, this lunar venture is the first ever funded entirely by private interests.
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