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What is NASA’s Artemis Moon mission and when will it launch?

Artemis is NASA’s lunar exploration programme, which plans to return humans to the Moon by 2025.

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NASA Shoots for the Moon, On Its Way to Mars

NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars. Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the space program called Artemis is to get under way with the blast off…

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NASA Artemis rocket set to launch to the Moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.

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NASA is launching the 1st stage of the Artemis mission – here's why humans are going back to the Moon

With weather conditions currently at 80% favourable, NASA is launching the Artemis 1 mission today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 8.33am EDT (10.33pm AEST).

The Conversation

Lightning strikes at Artemis launch pad cleared; weather forecast improves

Saturday afternoon brought thunderstorms over Kennedy Space Center including several lightning strikes at the launch pad from where the Artemis I mission is scheduled to lift off on Monday.

Orlando Sentinel

'Sight to Behold': Tourists Flock to Florida for Moon Rocket Launch

Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji. The 45-year-old has traveled all the way from northern England to Florida with her husband and two children for a space-themed vacation, and they're prepared to make sure they don't miss a second…

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NASA’s return to the moon starts with critical test flight

NASA is about to take the first step on its journey to return people to the moon by the end of the decade. If all goes well, a massive uncrewed rocket will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday morning, then circle the moon in an orbit…

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Vice President Kamala Harris to attend Artemis moon launch

ORLANDO, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the launch of the Artemis I moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Monday, according to a release from the White House.

Orlando Sentinel

Artemis I rocket taking last road trip before Florida launch despite late lightning threat

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s massive multibillion-dollar moon rocket is making its final terrestrial journey before its first celestial flight.

Orlando Sentinel

Artemis I moon rocket ready to roll again to Florida launch pad

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s massive multibillion-dollar moon rocket is set to take what could be its final terrestrial journey before its first celestial flight.

Orlando Sentinel

New capsule design revealed for space balloon launching from Kennedy Space Center

ORLANDO, Fla. — When passengers lift off on a massive space balloon from Kennedy Space Center in a couple of years, they’ll be flying in a sleek, cone-shaped capsule with reflective windows offering 360-degree views 20 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Orlando Sentinel

Bacteria from US Soil to be Used in Space Agriculture Experiments

Researchers have taken a tiny piece of soil from the city of Prosser, in Washington state to dispatch it with some of its “inhabitants” to space, which actually happened last week. The soil and its inhabitants of bacteria blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.…

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SpaceX Starship: Where is Musk's mega rocket now?

In this edition of HORIZONS, we explain what's going on with Starship, SpaceX's huge rocket designed to take humans to Mars.

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NASA says Artemis I moon rocket testing done after all with launch date coming soon

ORLANDO, Fla. — Even though NASA was not able to complete every goal it laid out during a dress rehearsal countdown for its Artemis I moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center this week, mission managers determined Thursday that enough was done to move forward to planning for launch.

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Artemis I test fell shy of goals, but NASA could push for moon launch if ‘pieces to the puzzle’ fit

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA completed nearly all of its goals with the latest wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis I moon rocket this week at Kennedy Space Center, but without a 100% completion, managers said they need to juggle these results with previous tests done on the rocket to see…

Orlando Sentinel

NASA Artemis I moon rocket rolls back to Kennedy Space Center launch pad

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA has sent the Artemis I rocket back to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing later this month, looking to get back on track for a potential moon launch as early as August.

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Illuminating History: Footage Shows 10 Years Of Lightning Bolts Zapping NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

This NASA clip shows over 10 years of lightning bolts striking the protection system at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida:

Orlando Sentinel

NASA targets June 5 for redo of Artemis moon rocket dress rehearsal

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA discovered a bevy headaches in its first three tries to run through a dress rehearsal countdown of the Artemis I moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center earlier this year. Now it’s ready for attempt No. 4.

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Boeing's Starliner Spaceship Docks with ISS in High-stakes Test Mission

Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station Friday, a major milestone in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures. The spaceship made contact at 8:28 pm Eastern time (0028 GMT Saturday), a little over 24 hours after…

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NASA’s Artemis I launch likely slipping to August with retry of pad test in June

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA officials gave an update Thursday on the status of the Artemis I moon rocket launch saying it likely is targeting early- to mid-June before it rolls back out to the launch pad for a wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

Orlando Sentinel

New SpaceX Dragon launches from Kennedy Space Center taking Crew-4 to the ISS

ORLANDO, Fla. — A brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon lifted off from Kennedy Space Center taking another four astronauts to the International Space Station on an early morning launch Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA nails down Astrovan successor for Artemis astronaut transport to launch pad

ORLANDO, Fla. — Astronauts during the space shuttle era got their rides to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center for the most part from a classic converted Airstream dubbed the Astrovan. For the next generation, NASA has determined what its Artemis astronauts will ride in before blasting off to…

Orlando Sentinel

4 civilians blast off from Kennedy Space Center in historic flight to space station

A new era in commercial space travel launched from Kennedy Space Center on Friday.

Orlando Sentinel

4 civilians blast off from Kennedy Space Center in historic flight

A new era in commercial space travel launched from Kennedy Space Center on Friday.

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First Private Mission Readies for Launch to ISS

The first fully private mission to the International Space Station is set to blast off Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as…

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