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Jeff Spry

Navajo Nation objects to private moon mission placing human remains on the lunar surface

The moon seen against the blackness of space.

For better or worse, the moon is officially open for business.

On Monday (Jan. 8), United Launch Alliance's shiny new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander and the Celestis and Elysium memorial payloads containing human remains and DNA. 

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