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NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission

More than half a century after astronauts last left the lunar surface, NASA is preparing to send a crew of four back to the moon on a fly-by mission that will sling them around the far side.

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NASA animation shows exactly how its crewed moon mission will unfold

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NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission: How to Watch and What to Know

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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA begins countdown for critical fueling test

NASA is just days away from its first chance to launch Artemis 2, the first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972, and will attempt a critical test for the lunar flight on Monday, Feb. 2.

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NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years

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NASA gets countdown rolling for practice run of Artemis II moon launch

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NASA confirms private American spacecraft has landed on the moon

A U.S. commercial spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon, confirming a major advance in the partnership between NASA and the private space sector. The achievement marks a new phase in lunar exploration,

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Blue Origin says it is pausing space tourism trips to focus on moon landing

Blue Origin is pausing flights aboard its suborbital space tourism rocket New Shepard in order to expedite development of a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program.

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Artemis II moon mission shows how U.S. space strategy has changed

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.

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For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific would have ventured more than 40 metres from the beach. That is about to change.

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Astronauts Are Heading to the Moon for the First Time in Over 50 Years, but They Won’t Be Landing

A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6

Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on lunar lander

Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it's stopping human spaceflights for at least two years. The move will allow it to "shift resources" to the company's lunar landing capabilities.

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4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

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Moon landings could contaminate evidence about life's beginnings on Earth. Here's how

Exhaust from lunar landers drifts across the moon and contaminates ultra-cold polar craters that are rich in ancient ice and organic clues, a new study reports.