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NASA’s Artemis II Is on the Launch Pad and the Moon Is Next

NASA’s Artemis II Moon rocket is now at the launch pad, setting the stage for final prelaunch tests.

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NASA delays Artemis mission to moon due to cold weather

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NASA’s mega moon rocket has arrived at the launchpad. What’s next?

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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: Moon rocket fueling test now set for Feb. 2

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 delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8

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NASA delays Artemis 2 pre-launch test due to cold snap

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue has become especially acute with the recent loss of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. NASA’s best communications relay remains the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has now been there for 20 years.

Revisiting the Last Crewed Moon Mission on the Eve of the Next

The Artemis program’s eventual goal is to set up the first ever lunar space station, which will orbit the moon. It would host cutting-edge research and might later serve as a pit stop for humans headed to Mars. For now, these feats remain purely hypothetical.

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NASA attempts to restore contact with AWOL orbiter launched in Florida

NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December and has been unable to reconnect with the vehicle. NASA plans to resume efforts to hail the spacecraft now that the solar conjunction has ended. MAVEN has been studying Mars' upper atmosphere ...

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NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer. The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in ...