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NASA last sent astronauts to the Moon during the Apollo program between 1968 and 1972. Twenty-four astronauts travelled to lunar orbit, and 12 walked on the Moon’s surface.
The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.
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 humanity has ever gone before.
NASA officials have outlined possible Cape Canaveral launch timing scenarios for the Artemis II moon astronauts and the ISS-bound Crew-12 astronauts.
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NASA delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8
NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.
NASA has released an animation detailing the Artemis II mission, a crewed test flight that will validate the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for deep-space travel beyond low Earth orbit.
Following the first human journey around the moon in more than half a century, all eyes will be on the heat shield that will protect the crew as they return to Earth — a heat shield, which was damaged on the last mission,
New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an emergency landing near Houston. The veteran aircraft was due to play a small role in the Artemis II mission.