NASA, Artemis and deep space
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The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.
FLORIDA TODAY's Craig Bailey snagged this view of Artemis II leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center for the launch pad.
The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They will fly in a
As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA's Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nation's long tradition of exploration, innovation, and leadership in its official flight kit.
NASA is still moving forward with tentatively launching as soon as February 6. Here’s what needs to happen between now and then.
Christina Koch and her Artemis II crewmates have been training since 2023 for the mission that will return humans to lunar orbit for the first time in more than 50 years. Among the most distinctive elements of that preparation was time spent far from the classroom, exploring Iceland’s windswept volcanic wilderness.
NASA names 34 international volunteers to passively track Orion during Artemis II, supporting communications analysis alongside agency networks during the crewed mission around the Moon.
Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived to Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, engineers began preparations for an upcoming wet dress rehearsal,
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NASA’s Artemis II will carry secret mementos into space to honor July 4
As the United States approaches the 250th Anniversary of Independence, NASA is preparing a very specific kind of celebration: a crewed loop around the Moon that quietly doubles as a time capsule. Artemis II will not only test deep space systems with astronauts on board,
The goal of the Artemis program is to eventually send Americans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with the longer term goal of achieving missions to Mars. The launch of Artemis II follows the original Artemis launch, which sent a crewless craft into space in 2022.
This past weekend, the Artemis II rocket was rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. It is to take humans to the moon for the first time since Apollo.