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China aces test of next-gen lunar capsule and rocket in effort to land humans on moon before NASA (video)

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and ...

Why We're Going Back To The Moon, According To NASA Astronauts

The Artemis missions are NASA's fresh attempt at sending astronauts to the Moon, but have you wondered why NASA is returning ...

NASA Will Let Artemis Astronauts Bring Smartphones To Take Moon Selfies

What smartphones do the astronauts actually use? Are these Android users or Apple stans?

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.
Houston Public Media

NASA is sending Artemis II to the moon. Here’s what to know

The first manned mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the ...

After more than 50 years, NASA astronauts are going back to the moon

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...

After 54 Years, Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon

NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.

Astronauts Are Heading to the Moon for the First Time in Over 50 Years, but They Won’t Be Landing

A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6 ...
Observer

Four Astronauts, One Giant Test: What’s at Stake for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.

Going the farthest: Meet the four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II moon mission

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen could launch on a trip around the moon as early as Feb. 8, traveling farther from Earth than ...

NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon

On Wednesday night, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to ...
The EconomistOpinion

For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the ...