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Lander campaign fires operative who posted Israel conspiracy theories ... Lander’s campaign said it was unaware of Gilani’s social media account and had ended its relationship with his firm on Tuesday after learning of the posts.
Kaif Gilani was fired from BradLander’s House campaign after his social media history, which included praise for Hamas and virulent attacks on the police, emerged ... .
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said ... .
An anonymous reader shares a report. In 1966, a beach-ball-size robot bounced across the moon ... This was Luna 9, the Soviet lander that was the earliest spacecraft to safely touchdown on the moon ... That may soon change ... But there's a catch ... 31, 1966 ... .