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King sends good wishes and an eco-message to lunar mission astronauts

Charles says it is vital ‘the Moon remains a beacon of peaceful scientific discovery rather than a theatre of exploitation’.

Evening Standard

NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission Finally Enters Countdown After Delays and Hydrogen Leak Test Setback

NASA's Artemis II mission marks a historic moment as it prepares for its first crewed flight to the Moon in over 50 years. Discover the stakes, the crew, and the mission's significance.

International Business Times UK

NASA's Artemis II Moon mission is set to make space history

The lunar flyby sets the stage for a Moon landing later this decade.

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How To Watch The Historic Artemis II Moon Launch Today

Humanity is returning to the Moon. Here's how to watch the Artemis II launch, live.

Inverse

Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition

In April 2026, four astronauts are scheduled to fly around the Moon. As part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will become the first humans to do so in half a century. One crew member, pilot Victor Glover, will become the first Black astronaut to ever orbit the Moon.

The Conversation

NASA's Artemis Program Is a Monument to Government Waste. It Can Only Go Up From Here.

Man is finally getting closer to the moon—long delayed by NASA, red tape, and political meddling.

Reason

Artemis II launch live: Nasa astronauts successfully takeoff as they head towards the Moon

Space agency succeeds with crucial rocket launch

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What’s it like to be an astronaut with former astronaut Daniel Tani |Euronews Tech Talks

On the day of the launch of the Artemis II mission, which is set to take four astronauts into space to circle the Moon, Euronews Tech Talks sits down with former NASA astronaut Daniel Tani, who shares his memories of being in space.

Euronews

Meet Charlie Duke, the youngest person on the first Moon mission cheering on Artemis II astronauts

Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36. Now 90 years old, the prospect of another human return to the Moon excites him.

Euronews

Nasa is heading back to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. What you need to know about the Artemis mission

10-day journey will be the start of plans for lunar bases and travel to Mars, space agency hopes

The Independent UK

Artemis II launch: NASA gives update on likeliness of historic moon mission

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The Independent UK

Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?”

The Conversation

Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?

At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles south-east of Samoa, concluding the last mission to the Moon.

The Conversation

When and where to see this week’s Pink Moon

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Full Pink Moon to peak for Nasa’s Artemis launch

Thursday’s Pink Moon peaks less than four hours after the scheduled launch for the Artemis II mission

The Independent UK

Countdown under way for first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years

The 10-day test flight will see the team fly around the Moon and back on a 685,000-mile journey.

Evening Standard

Artemis II: Countdown under way for first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years

The 10-day test flight will see the team fly around the Moon and back on a 685,000-mile journey

The Independent UK

Britain should be proud of historic Artemis II Moon launch involvement, Tim Peake says

A spacecraft is due to launch on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida which would see astronauts fly around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years

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The Conversation

Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for Nasa’s Artemis II Moon mission

The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a trajectory that will make them the first humans to travel to the Moon in over half a century.

The Conversation

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presence

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there.

The Independent UK

Who are the astronauts piloting historic Artemis II mission to the moon?

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Evening Standard

Cornish radiocommunication station to support Nasa Moon mission

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, will help to track the Orion spacecraft.

The Independent UK

Where is Goonhilly Earth Station? The communications site helping to track Artemis II mission to the moon

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, will help to track the Orion spacecraft

The Independent UK

Nasa gives go-ahead for historic Moon mission launch

Four-person crew will fly further from Earth than any human has ever traveled

Euronews

Meet the Artemis II astronauts preparing for humanity's return to the Moon

Four astronauts from the United States and Canada are about to take off on the Artemis II mission that will circle the Moon.

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