NASA, Moon and Artemis
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The next U.S. trip to the moon isn't about planting a flag. It's about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations,
Here's how NASA plans to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon, the first time that anyone would travel this far from Earth since the end of the Apollo program in 1972.
The U.S. is the only country that has landed humans on the Moon. However, China is aiming to do so by 2030, and it just got a lot closer to achieving its goal.
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japanese spacecraft startup ispace said on Friday it will further delay a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in a strategic shift after two failed lunar landings.
The first lunar mission since 1972 is about to lift off. It may not be as groundbreaking as the Apollo flights, but don’t write off the fascination the moon still exerts, says Guardian writer Paul Owe
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Why NASA is spending billions to get back to the moon
NASA plans on launching the Artemis II mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday. Four astronauts will travel in an Orion capsule into orbit and then slingshot past the moon. Bloomberg's Loren Grush is at Kennedy Space Center with more.