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NASA scrambles as Orion’s heat shield glitch forces a total reentry rethink

NASA’s return to crewed lunar flight is now hinging on a slab of material at the bottom of Orion that did not behave the way ...

NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years

NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years. The dress rehearsal that started Saturday night will culminate with the fueling of the space agency's ...
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NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission: How to Watch and What to Know

Are you ready for a bona fide moon shot? The upcoming Artemis II mission is one of the most exciting space excursions in recent memory. It'll be the first time humans have flown to the moon since ...
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Orion will haul astronauts past the moon despite risky heat-shield flaw

Astronauts are about to ride Orion past the Moon in a capsule that NASA knows has a heat-shield flaw, a tension that defines the next chapter of human spaceflight. The agency is pressing ahead with ...

NASA's Artemis II Rocket Has A Potentially Dangerous Flaw That Has Experts Worried

The Artemis II mission that will take a crew of astronauts around the moon and back to Earth is expected to launch no earlier ...

NASA animation shows exactly how its crewed moon mission will unfold

A NASA video (above) reveals in great detail how its upcoming Artemis II mission is expected to play out. The space agency ...

No guarantees: Inside the biggest risks facing NASA's Artemis 2 crew

How well Artemis II manages its risks — untested hardware, deep-space distance, and limited escape options — will shape ...

You can send your name to the moon on NASA Artemis mission. Here's how

NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between ...

NASA will fly Artemis II with the same Orion heat shield that cracked on its last mission

The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency ...

Networks are keeping NASA's Artemis II mission connected

NASA's Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the ...
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NASA's Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will ...