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"We're Returning To The Moon": NASA Announces Artemis Moonshot Could Launch In Less Than 6 Months

NASA has announced its schedule for the second stage of the Artemis missions, returning humans to the Moon, and it's earlier than expected. In a press conference yesterday, NASA officials gave an update on Artemis II, the second stage in the space agency's ...
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NASA could launch manned moon mission by February 2026

(NEXSTAR) – NASA announced the Artemis II mission to ferry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, could launch earlier than expected. Acting Deputy Associate Administrator Lakiesha Hawkins said the mission, scheduled to ...
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Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, pitches for alternate paths to the lunar surface are ...

NASA visual shows how moon never shows 'dark side'

A NASA video illustrates how the moon orbits the Earth in a process known as “synchronous tidal locking”. The Artemis II crew will see that far side.
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