"Navajo Leader Urges NASA to Postpone Lunar Mission Amid Ancestral Concerns"
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has requested NASA to postpone a Moon launch scheduled for January 8, which may include human cremated remains, due to the sacred nature of the Moon in Indigenous cultures. The launch involves the Vulcan Centaur rocket and the Peregrine Mission One lander, which is associated with a company that sends human remains to the Moon for memorial services. Nygren's concern is that this act could be seen as a desecration. This issue echoes a similar incident from 1998, after which NASA apologized and agreed to consult with tribes on such matters.