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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

NASA's Artemis astronauts practice moon landings in Colorado | Space photo of the day for Sept. 18, 2025

A helicopter with dual propellors floats over the dry, weedy Colorado landscape with a large cloudy sky above.

As the race to the moon is renewed, mainly between the U.S. and China, NASA's Artemis 2 crew begin preparing for their upcoming mission. The launch, planned for early 2026, will send four astronauts on a flyby of the moon, while the Artemis 3 mission will attempt to land humans on the lunar surface in 2027.

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