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Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission
NASA's Artemis II mission is underway, with astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Sendoff for Artemis II Crew
The Artemis II crew prepares for their mission
Godspeed, Artemis II!
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared a photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International Space Station's cupola on X
March of the Harmattan
A light-brown dust plume spreads across northwestern Africa
NASA Re-purposes Gateway: Nuclear Propulsion for Mars
NASA has announced a shift in its lunar strategy, prioritizing a surface base on the Moon over the Gateway space station. As a result, the Gateway complex, representing an investment of nearly $4.5 billion, will be repurposed for nuclear-electric propulsion demonstrations in deep space, potentially including a mission to Mars.