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NASA's Artemis Program: Live updates

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

Space · Apr 3, 2023

NASA announces 4 astronauts flying to the moon on Artemis II

ORLANDO, Fla. — Humans haven’t traveled beyond low-Earth orbit in more than 50 years, but that’s set to change with the launch of the Artemis II mission to orbit the moon next year with four passengers on board. Just who will be flying was revealed today.

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 3, 2023

NASA's 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon by the end of next year

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

Why will NASA's Artemis 2 only fly around the moon, not orbit or land?

NASA landed 12 astronauts on the moon during the Apollo program more than half a century ago. So why is the upcoming Artemis 2 mission just doing a lunary fly-around?

Space · Apr 3, 2023

NASA names woman, Black astronauts to Artemis II crew in lunar first

NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years.

Reuters · Apr 3, 2023

NASA to Reveal Crew for 2024 Flight around the Moon

NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts -- three Americans and a Canadian -- who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century. The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2023

India puts flock of Franco-British satellites into orbit in lucrative launch

India this month put 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit in a single mission that could see the subcontinent's most powerful rocket challenge European rivals in the global commercial launch market.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2023

Colliding Taffy Galaxies create a sweet 'cosmic butterfly' (video)

A collision of two galaxies appears like a vast cosmic butterfly, or a giant piece of candy, to the eyes of one of the world's most powerful telescopes.

Space · Apr 2, 2023

The eyes have it! Scientists focus in on how microgravity changes astronaut vision

Scientists and space agencies are working to develop ways to mitigate the microgravity-induced changes to the human eye that astronauts experience while in space.

Space · Apr 2, 2023

9 Years Ago, Astronomers Found Two Rogue Planets — But They Didn’t Realize It Until Now

Scientists have found what appear to be rogue planets hidden in old survey data.

Inverse · Apr 1, 2023