NASA delays Artemis II moon mission
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Orion will haul astronauts past the moon despite risky heat-shield flaw
Astronauts are about to ride Orion past the Moon in a capsule that NASA knows has a heat-shield flaw, a tension that defines the next chapter of human spaceflight. The agency is pressing ahead with Artemis II as a crucial dress rehearsal for future landings,
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.
If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific would have ventured more than 40 metres from the beach. That is about to change.
Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take it more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of ...
Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 50+ years and paving the way for future crewed lunar landings. Are you ready for NASA’s most significant human spaceflight in a generation?