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NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between February and April.
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.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He’s just one of four living moonwalkers and the oldest remaining astronaut still making trips around the sun.
The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.
The four astronauts of Crew-11, in their first public comments since ending their mission about a month early, said NASA had prepared the astronauts well to handle a first-of-its-kind emergency.
If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon. In a matter of months, four astronauts are poised to fly around the moon on a roughly 10-day mission — the closest humans will have ...
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as part of the country’s ambitious plans to be a leader in space exploration.
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