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NASA, moon and Artemis

NASA’s Artemis era may finally solve three major moon mysteries

If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several long-standing questions about the inner solar system

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NASA launches Artemis II for first crewed Moon flyby in 50 years

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Q&A: What to know about NASA's first crewed mission to the moon since 1972

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NASA releases new ‘Earthset’ and eclipse images taken during historic flyby of the moon

It was a moment for the history books: The Artemis II mission performed its much anticipated lunar flyby yesterday, and came within just 4,067 miles of the moon.

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Artemis 2 Highlights: Crew of 4 concludes lunar flyby. What's next

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First photos of solar eclipse from Artemis II crew look almost too good to be real

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Eyes on the Far Side of the Moon

The astronauts were able to catch a full view of the Mare Orientale, a dark, ringed 600-mile wide crater that straddles the near and the far sides of the moon.

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See a jaw-dropping 'Earthset'—and a rare solar eclipse from the far side of the moon

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The Artemis II Crew Gives a Behind-the-Scenes Tour Inside Their Orion Spacecraft

NASA's water-hunting tool will help scout moon's South Pole

NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS),

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Artemis II carries Apollo 18 flag designated for canceled moon mission

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, NASA said the Artemis II mission has carried a collection of historic mementos. Among them was a flag originally designated

NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?

The biggest remaining piece of the architecture, therefore, is a lunar lander. Known in NASA parlance as the Human Landing System, or HLS, the space agency has contracted with SpaceX for its Starship vehicle and Blue Origin and it Blue Moon lander.

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Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon

The moon gets hit by space debris all the time, but some of it is so large that the impact generates light that can be seen thousands of kilometers away.

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NASA’s Artemis program has sparked a race to land U.S. rovers on the moon

As NASA’s Artemis II mission unfolds, with four astronauts on the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972’s Apollo 17, the U.S.’s elite status as the only nation to ever send humans to the moon remains

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Would you go to the moon? Board an alien spacecraft? What nearly 80 years of polls say about US attitudes on space

Americans’ opinion of space exploration is pretty high.

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SEN RICK SCOTT: The lesson of Artemis? Purge woke politics and let NASA do its job

After Artemis II circles the Moon, a Florida senator calls on Congress to pass the Dismantle DEI Act and protect NASA from politicized mandates.