NASA, Artemis and moon
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Astronauts are flying to the moon for the first time since 1972, and scientists are preparing specialized space suits for the next milestone—landing there
NASA's first tragedy is recalled annually at Launch Complex 34. This year is different, as the Artemis II mission sits on the horizon.
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Behind the wings: The Artemis program’s journey to return to the moon
Experience the Artemis program’s journey to return humans to the moon and prepare for Mars - discover NASA's next giant leap in space exploration! Go behind the scenes of NASA’s Artemis program and discover how international teams are working together to send humans back to the moon for the first time since Apollo.
NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.
NASA said Tuesday that it has postponed the second mission of its Artemis program, pushing the highly anticipated launch from Feb. 8 into March. During a wet dress rehearsal of the rocket-towering system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.
The Artemis II mission, which could launch next week, will return American astronauts to lunar space for the first time in more than a half-century. It’s about time, columnist Faimon Roberts says.
More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for the 10-day Artemis II mission to the far side of the moon.
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'Back to the Moon': Time magazine salutes Artemis 2 astronauts in special commemorative cover issue
While the world awaits the first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years, Time magazine is celebrating the momentous event with a special Artemis 2 cover issue that hit newsstands on Jan. 30.
Humanity is on the cusp of going back to the future. Artemis II, a crewed Nasa mission intended to take astronauts around the Moon and which had been due to lift off after February 8, is a reboot of the legendary Apollo lunar programme of the 1960s and 1970s (Artemis is Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology).