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The Latest Breaking News on 1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video)

1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video)

Artemis 1 launched on Nov. 16, 2022. One year later, NASA is readying the follow-up Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3

The heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is the only serious concern on NASA's Artemis 2 to-do list right now. But the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission has more open questions.

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NASA practices for 2024 launch of Artemis 2 moon mission

NASA finished its first launch simulation for the crewed Artemis 2 moon mission, which is slated to lift off in late 2024. The exercise is just one of many for the moon mission team.

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NASA Receives Electric Crew Vehicles For Moon Missions

Canoo Technologies delivers fully electric vehicles to transport Artemis crews to launch pad

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Orion spacecraft gets its heat shield for Artemis 2 moon mission (photo)

Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have attached the heat shield to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft, which will send astronauts around the moon for the first time in over fifty years.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch private mission to moon's south pole in 2026

Astrobotic will land hundreds of pounds of payload near the moon's south pole in 2026 after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Astronauts are returning to the Moon, but they won't be repeating the Apollo missions

If all goes to plan, sometime in November 2024, NASA’s newly announced Artemis II crew – Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen – will cram themselves into their Orion space capsule and begin their final checks for launch.

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Newly named Artemis 2 crew to notch many firsts on historic moon mission

The astronauts who will fly on NASA's Artemis 2 mission are set to break records and establish a number of firsts. But for one crew member, being first is less important than what will come next.

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NASA announces Artemis astronauts who will fly to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years

The names of the four astronauts who will make a trip around the moon on the upcoming Artemis 2 mission were announced by NASA.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

Space

These are the 4 astronauts who'll take a trip around the moon next year

The group will fly on NASA's Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time 50 years and establish a long-term presence there.

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NASA names first Artemis crew to fly by Moon in 2024

They will be the first people to launch on a journey toward the Moon in decades.

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Four for the moon! NASA names Artemis 2 astronaut crew for 1st lunar mission since Apollo

NASA has named its first moon crew in over 50 years. The agency announced Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA and Canada's Jeremy Hansen as the Artemis 2 crew.

Space

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be among the next humans to fly to the moon

On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts spending up to three weeks on a flyby trip to the moon in 2024. This mission will be the first time in more than 50 years that humans will visit the moon — or leave low…

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Why will NASA's Artemis 2 only fly around the moon, not orbit or land?

NASA landed 12 astronauts on the moon during the Apollo program more than half a century ago. So why is the upcoming Artemis 2 mission just doing a lunary fly-around?

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NASA names woman, Black astronauts to Artemis II crew in lunar first

NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years.

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NASA to Reveal Crew for 2024 Flight around the Moon

NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts -- three Americans and a Canadian -- who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century. The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to…

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Artemis 2 moon rocket coming together ahead of 2024 astronaut launch (photo)

The Artemis 2 moon rocket's core stage is nearly fully assembled aside from the engines, according to NASA. The launcher will send astronauts to the moon as soon as 2024.

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NASA officially targets November 2024 for Artemis II launch to send humans to orbit the moon

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA mission managers said Artemis II is targeting November 2024 as it goes through issues found from the Artemis I mission including an unexpected heat shield performance during the 5,000-degree reentry.

Reason

We Can Make It To Mars Without NASA

"We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole.

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With success of Artemis I, when will NASA fly Artemis II?

ORLANDO, Fla. — With Orion safe back on Earth, the last and most important tests of the Artemis I mission have been completed, but there are still miles to travel and months of data sifting to go before NASA will target an Artemis II launch date.

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The Moon is within reach for NASA

NASA's successful Artemis I mission sets the stage for future crewed flights.

Orlando Sentinel

‘A new day has dawned’: Orion returns to Earth to complete Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA chased down the Orion spacecraft after its record-breaking reentry into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday to conclude the Artemis I mission that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center more than three weeks ago.

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Splashdown: Orion returns to Earth to complete Artemis I mission

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Orion capsule splash-lands as Nasa hails ‘textbook’ return to Earth from Moon

It paves the way for the next generation of manned lunar missions

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