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Artemis II launch in Cape Canaveral

Science Apr 01

Artemis II launch sends 4 astronauts on mission around the moon

By Miles O'Brien, Azhar Merchant

Science Jan 08

Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan rocket launches on its debut flight from Cap...
Moon landing attempt by private company abandoned after 'critical' fuel leak

A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on the first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

World Aug 23

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The significance of India's successful landing on the moon's south pole

It was a historic day for India as it became the fourth country to land on the moon. It comes after a failed attempt in 2019 and just days behind a failed Russian lunar landing. Prime Minister Modi watched alongside…

By Amna Nawaz, Miles O'Brien, Mary Fecteau

World Aug 23

People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, in Ahmedabad
India becomes only the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon

India made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the little-explored south pole region.

By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press

World Aug 21

FILE PHOTO: Rocket booster with Luna-25 lunar lander blasts off at Vostochny Cosmodrome
Russia's first lunar mission in decades ends with spacecraft crash on the moon

Roscosmos said it lost contact with the Luna-25 on Saturday after the spacecraft ran into difficulties and reported an “abnormal situation.” The Luna-25 was in a race with an Indian spacecraft to be the first to reach the moon's south…

By Associated Press

Apr 04

Meet the 4 astronauts who will fly around the moon during NASA's Artemis II mission

By Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation

The Artemis II mission is scheduled for launch in late 2024 and is a critical step towards NASA’s goals of establishing a permanent human presence on and near the moon.

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Mar 31

WATCH: Artemis II astronauts announced by NASA, Canadian Space Agency

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.

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Dec 11

WATCH: NASA holds press conference after successful end of Artemis 1 mission

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.

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Dec 09

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Space historian examines parallels of NASA's last moon landing and the Artemis mission

By Miles O'Brien

The nearly month-long Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is slated to end on Sunday with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. On that very day 50 years ago, Dec. 11, 1972, the last Apollo astronauts set foot on the…

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Dec 09

WATCH: Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft splashes down after moon flyby

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Sunday is marks the end of Orion's nearly four-week trip around the moon and back.

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