The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it's time to set a new distance record.
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The Artemis astronauts have taken in sights of the moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on Sunday as their spacecraft crossed the two-thirds mark on their journey to a long-anticipated lunar flyby.
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Apr 5, 2026
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As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.
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Apr 4, 2026
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The Artemis 2 astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft.
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Apr 4, 2026
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The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet's brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.
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Apr 3, 2026
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NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo.
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Apr 3, 2026
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The four Artemis astronauts circling Earth were awaiting the green light from NASA on Thursday to head for the moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
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Apr 2, 2026
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NASA's moonbound astronauts have reason to celebrate, and not just because their launch went so well. Their toilet is now working.
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Apr 2, 2026
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Astrophiles are eagerly awaiting the launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis II on Wednesday, which is set to be the most powerful rocket launch on record and will send human beings back toward ...
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While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: "Why has it taken so long to return to the moon?"
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