NASA, Artemis and Moon
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This week, we got a different moon—the Artemis moon. The moon captured by America’s first mission there in generations is not the moon I look for every time I step outside. It is not the moon I grew up with or the one my parents learned about during the Apollo missions.
The Artemis 2 mission reaches its closest pass by the Moon and its farthest distance from Earth today! Tune in for live updates as the mission progresses!
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The Artemis II astronauts have flown around the moon
Four NASA astronauts have now travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, as they flew around the moon during the Artemis II mission on 6 April
"Copy, moon joy."
The four-person crew aboard the Orion spacecraft made history Monday when they became the first humans to journey to the moon's orbit since the Apollo missions.Artemis II, the first of several missions by NASA that aim to establish a presence on the moon in order to venture to Mars,
Here's what to know about Artemis II, the first time NASA sent humans to the moon and why some people (ahem, Kim Kardashian) believe it never happened.
More than half a century after astronauts last left the lunar surface, NASA is preparing to send a crew of four back to the moon on a fly-by mission that will sling them around the far side. The mission is called Artemis II, and if all goes according to ...
The Moon’s most famous “sound” was never heard by human ears. It was traced instead in jagged lines on Apollo-era seismographs, a slow fade of vibrations that seemed to go on far longer than anything recorded on Earth. That eerie persistence inspired ...