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MADISON, Wis. -- Monday morning, the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since the last Apollo mission in 1972 will launch from Cape Canaveral, and one longtime Madison

A US rocket has set off for the Moon, carrying a Nasa lunar lander, for the first time in 50 years. It is the first time an American spacecraft will have landed on the Moon’s surface since the Apollo missions. It was also the debut launch for the Vulcan rocket, made by the private United Launch Alliance.

United Launch Alliance launched its first-ever Vulcan Centaur rocket early Monday from Florida, with the aim of returning the United States to the moon for the first time in five decades.

The robotic lander, Peregrine, aims to become the first private spacecraft ever to touch down softly on the moon

Paul Wertsch and his wife Kay Heggestad always loved space.

A private company on Monday launched the Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral but reported seven hours later that ‘an anomaly has occurred’

ULA's Vulcan rocket flew straight and true right out of the gate.

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The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years is now on its way to the Moon after launching this morning.