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Why is the US going back round the Moon with Artemis II? A space policy expert explains

Final preparations are underway for NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission around the Moon for more than 50 years. Four astronauts, three men and one woman, will spend 10 days aboard the Orion spacecraft, going further into space than any other humans as they orbit the Moon and…

The Conversation

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

NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, called Orion, into orbit. From there, the crew will circle…

The Conversation

Artemis 2 Launch Nears as NASA Warns the Historic Moon Mission Is Not Without Risks — What Could Go Wrong?

NASA's Artemis 2 mission aims for a historic lunar return in April 2026. Discover astronaut training, technical challenges, and launch details from Kennedy Space Center on this groundbreaking journey to orbit the Moon.

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NASA Moon Base Concept: This Is What The Space Agency's $20 Billion Plan Brings

Discover NASA's phased plan to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon through the Artemis programme, involving government, commercial, and international partnerships.

International Business Times UK

NASA unveils plan to build President Trump’s permanent ‘Moon base’

President Donald Trump had told the agency it has until 2030 to build a permanent lunar base.

Euronews

NASA announces 'near‑impossible' space plans, including $20B moon base and humanity's first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft

NASA's Gateway lunar space station won't launch next year in new changes to the Artemis program, which include ramping up development of a $20 billion moon base and a nuclear-powered 'Freedom' spacecraft.

LiveScience

NASA Finds Massive New Moon Crater From Rare 225-Meter Meteor, Threatening Manned Lunar Missions

NASA has identified a 225-metre-wide crater on the Moon formed by a rare meteor in April–May 2024, a phenomenon expected only once every 139 years.

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Nasa readies Artemis rocket for launch ahead of first Moon mission in 50 years

The 10-day mission around the Moon and back is expected to launch in April

The Independent UK

Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?

NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the U.S. wants to return.

LiveScience

Artemis II: humanity's return to the Moon reaches the launch pad

When European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano commanded the International Space Station in 2019, Christina Koch was his flight engineer. The pair spent six months together in orbit before returning to Earth on the same Soyuz spacecraft. Now Koch is preparing to fly to the Moon, and Parmitano says the…

Radio France Internationale

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts.

The Conversation

Can you see Earth's shadow?

Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing this silhouette cast on objects ranging from satellites to the moon.

LiveScience

In Space, Regulators Seek To Boldly Go Where No Bureaucrat Has Gone Before

We don’t really need intrusive laws and regulations to govern lunar mining and space exploration.

Reason

New launch date for Nasa moon mission announced after series of setbacks

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Nasa sets new launch date for Artemis Moon mission

The rocket will return to the launch pad next week as astronauts prepare for first lunar mission since 1972

Euronews

NASA prepares April launch for first crewed Moon mission in more than 50 years

The space agency has a six-day launch window at the start of April. If it misses that opportunity, it must stand down until 30 April or early May.

The Conversation

Nasa plans to have a permanent base on the Moon by 2030 – how it can be done

A US Senate committee has directed Nasa to begin work on a Moon base “as soon as is practicable”. Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory and proving ground, where astronauts would develop the capabilities to live and work beyond Earth’s orbit.

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US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China.

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Evening Standard

Scientists say 'moon is safe' as concerns of asteroid strike dismissed

Scientists give their verdict amid fears of an asteroid hitting the lunar surface

International Business Times

How to Track Artemis II Mission in Real Time Using NASA's New Tracking Tool

Track the Artemis II mission in real time using NASA's AROW tracker. See Orion's location, speed, distance from Earth and Moon, and mission milestones live.

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A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, and even sending landers to the Moon.

International Business Times UK

Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA Confirms No Threat to Earth, Possible Lunar Impact

NASA confirms whether asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a threat to Earth, but a small chance of impacting the Moon in 2032 sparks interest.

The Independent UK

NASA gives update on ‘city killer’ asteroid predicted to hit Moon in 2032

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'City killer' asteroid will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope reveals

The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm.

The Independent UK

We could grow chickpeas on the Moon, scientists say

Nasa and other space agencies hope that humans will be living on the Moon in the coming years – and they’ll need something to eat

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