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A Texas company put first private lander on moon — an East Texas native helped build it

Pine Tree High School graduate Trenton Vaughn, 30, is as an avionics test and subsystems lead at the company.

LONGVIEW, Texas — A Longview native helped make history this past month when the Houston-based aerospace company he works for, Intuitive Machines, put a private lander on the moon.

It was the first American lander to touch down on the orbiting rock in more than 50 years.

Pine Tree High School graduate Trenton Vaughn, 30, is as an avionics test and subsystems lead at the company.

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