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NASA's Artemis II mission: Launch date, astronauts and why NASA is returning to the moon

NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts around the moon to test Orion's systems, expand international partnerships and pave the way for moon landings.

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NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch

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'More than ready': NASA Artemis II astronauts revved up for rocket launch

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Meet the Artemis crew in NASA’s first astronaut mission to the moon in more than a half-century

The four astronauts making NASA’s next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.

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A behind-the-scenes look at astronauts training for the Artemis moon mission

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NASA begins final countdown for first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years

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NASA's First Moon Crew in More Than 50 Years Is Making History Already

This first Artemis crew includes a woman, a person of color, and a Canadian, products of a more diversified astronaut corps.

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NASA's Artemis program brings new faces to lunar voyage

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NASA's Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for moon trip

Behind-the-scenes secrets of NASA mission control

In high-stakes roles, NASA launch and mission control teams on the ground will keep the Artemis II astronauts safely on track during a 10-day journey around the moon.

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Artemis II: New mission, old hardware – less recycling

NASA is heading back to the Moon. But despite advances in computing and manufacturing, America’s space agency is still relying – in some key areas – on decades-old hardware and tech.

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NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago today, killing its 7-person crew. Photos reveal Challenger's legacy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 28th January 1986: An abstract smoke pattern after the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Dave Welcher/Hulton Archive/Getty Images NASA's space shuttle ...

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From Mercury to Artemis: The evolution of mission control

Space missions can succeed or fail from the support they get from mission control. Here, we look at the changing shape of Nasa's most important room in space.