The Artemis II mission successfully continued its lunar flyby path, passing the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon, NASA has said.
Artemis II astronauts are the first to fly towards the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. They will not land,…

The Artemis II mission successfully continued its lunar flyby path, passing the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon, NASA has said.
Artemis II astronauts are the first to fly towards the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. They will not land,…

As of midmorning Friday, the crew were about 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometres) from Earth and were quickly closing in on the moon.
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NASA has released the first images taken from inside the Artemis II Orion…

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This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the far side of the Moon. It will be the first time humans have visited our celestial neighbour since 1972.
Lift off! Artemis II mission…

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NASA Artemis II astronauts in ‘great spirits,’ space agency officials say, as mission nears moon
Friday is the Artemis II mission’s third official day as it makes a 10-day journey around the…

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What are NASA’s Artemis II astronauts eating? 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee and a lot of hot sauce
The menu for NASA’s moon mission has 189 unique items on it and mirrors that of the…

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Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is raising his two kids as a single dad following the tragic death of his wife, Carroll.
“Carroll Taylor Wiseman, 46, passed away May 17 in Friendswood, Texas following a five year battle with cancer,” her 2020…

The constant, omnidirectional hail of cosmic rays that stream through the Solar System from the galaxy beyond may not be as uniform as we thought.
According to China’s Chang’e 4 lander on the far side of the Moon, there’s a strange ‘cavity’…