India's Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon Wednesday, days after a Russian lander crashed into the lunar surface ahead of its landing attempt.
Why it matters: The successful mission vaults India into a league with just a handful of other space agencies that have accomplished the hard feat of landing on the lunar surface. India has also become the first country to land in the Moon's south polar region.
Editor's note: Read the latest on this record heat wave here.
About 126 million people were under heat alerts Wednesday, as an "extremely dangerous" heat dome lingers over a major swath of the Midwest, South and Southwest.
The big picture: The heat dome's intensity is setting records dating back to at least 1950.
Demand for reusable rockets that will launch more satellites to space and support lofty ambitions to travel farther from Earth are shaping the future of the space industry.
Why it matters: Companies are rethinking how to best power rockets that get spacecraft to orbit, and they're using new fuels to make it happen.
President Biden said while visiting the charred remains of thewildfire-devastated town of Lahaina on Maui Island that he's focused on rebuilding Hawai'i "for the long term and doing it together."
The big picture: Thirteen days on from the deadliest fires in the U.S. for over a century igniting, Biden promised the U.S. government would support Maui and Hawai'i "for as long as it takes," adding: "The whole country will be with you."
