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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.

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Four for the moon! NASA names Artemis 2 astronaut crew for 1st lunar mission since Apollo

NASA has named its first moon crew in over 50 years. The agency announced Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA and Canada's Jeremy Hansen as the Artemis 2 crew.

Space

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?

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Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley joins Busch Light's Earth Month campaign to save the planet for beer

Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley aims to help save Earth for beer in a lighthearted new video for Busch Light's Earth Month campaign.

Space

SpaceX Starship will launch this new private moon rover in 2026 (video)

A new lunar rover built by Astrolab will launch on an upcoming SpaceX Starship mission to the moon as early as 2026.

Space

Tesla's AI And Full Self-Driving: Interview With Dr. John Gibbs

One of Tesla’s main contributions to the world, besides popularizing the EV, includes its huge leaps and bounds in the artificial intelligence sector.

InsideEVs

The moon may get its own 4G network later this year, thanks to Nokia

As cool as it sounds, we might see a stable 4G connection on the moon later this year.

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SpaceX aborts 1st launch of Space Force Tranche 0 satellites seconds before liftoff, will try again March 31

SpaceX will launch 10 satellites for the U.S. Space Force Friday (March 31), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Boeing's 1st astronaut flight to space delayed until July

Boeing's first launch of astronauts has been delayed again, this time until July

The Independent UK

US Space Force seeks $60 million for 'tactically responsive space' program

The Space Force is laying the groundwork to place payloads in orbit with relatively little notice through its 'tactically responsive space' program.

Space

Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites

On May 11, 2020 a deadly threat flew from Los Angeles to New York City in under nine minutes. It was a 20-tonne Chinese Long March 5B rocket body passing around 60 miles overhead.

The Conversation

A group of college students are sending a rover the size of a shoebox to the moon

The robot rover built by Carnegie Mellon University students will be the first privately-made rover to go the moon.

Fortune

SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea (video)

SpaceX launched 56 of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea today (March 29).

Space

Elon Musk says Bill Gates's understanding of AI is 'limited'

The pair have previously clashed over the COVID pandemic, space travel and climate change.

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Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes

Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English course run by one of a growing number of educational institutes trying to reach Afghanistan's girls and women digitally in their homes.

Space

Indian rocket launches final 36 satellites for OneWeb's broadband constellation

India's most powerful rocket launched the final 36 satellites for OneWeb's first-generation internet constellation to low Earth orbit on Saturday night (March 25).

Salon

It's too late to clean space junk

High-powered lasers and special robots that collect junk are among the proposals for cleaning up orbital debris

Space

Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut mission delayed to May at the earliest

Boeing and NASA had been targeting April for Starliner's Crew Flight Test, but the astronaut mission will now launch after the private Ax-2 flight, which is targeted for early May.

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When it comes to space, failure isn't just an option — it's a requirement

In spaceflight, we advance by learning from our mistakes — if, that is, we accept the learning we gain from those failures and apply it to our future endeavors.

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Rocket Lab launches 2 satellites, returns booster to Earth after delay from surprise solar storm

The strongest solar storm in six years delayed Rocket Lab's early morning launch on Friday, March 24, by 90 minutes, and space weather forecasters didn't see coming.

Space

SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

SpaceX launched its 20th mission of the year on Friday (March 24), sending 56 of its Starlink internet satellites skyward and landing the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Space

Astronomers urged to fight 'tooth and nail' to protect dark skies

A new paper calls on the scientific community to do more to fight rising light pollution and protect the night sky, including banning satellite megaconstellations if necessary.

Space

UAE's 1st long-duration astronaut marks the start of Ramadan in space

Sultan Al Neyadi, who flew to space March 2 as part of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, may not fast on the International Space Station under an exception for travelers.

Bangkok Post

First 3D printed rocket fails shortly after launch

Terran 1, a rocket designed and built by the company Relativity Space, suffered a failure shortly after lifting off from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, late Wednesday night. A demonstration mission, the rocket was not carrying people or a customer payload, and no one was hurt.

Space

Artemis 2 moon rocket coming together ahead of 2024 astronaut launch (photo)

The Artemis 2 moon rocket's core stage is nearly fully assembled aside from the engines, according to NASA. The launcher will send astronauts to the moon as soon as 2024.

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