Artemis II rocket mission to moon
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NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly
As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the spacecraft’s heat shield.
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NASA hopes to launch Artemis 2 astronauts to the moon next month, but it's going to be tight: 'This is not a rush'
NASA hopes to launch its crewed Artemis 2 moon mission in early February, but everything will have to go right to hit that ambitious target.
From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to continue in 2026.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak. Thousands of space center workers and their families gathered in the predawn chill to witness the long-awaited event,
What’s different about this 10-day test flight is not only that it returns astronauts to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years but it will give those astronauts a unique vantage point of Earth’s moon.
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.