NASA Solar System Exploration Program

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NASA's Artemis program: Paving the way for humankind's return to the moon and beyond

Artemis II is capturing global attention—but it’s only the next stride in NASA ’s accelerating campaign to return humans to the moon and beyond.

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Artemis II blasts off: Humans are on their way back to the moon

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‘Let’s go!’ NASA launches humanity’s first moon voyage in nearly 54 years

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Destination Moon: Nasa launches four astronauts on 1st lunar trip in over 50 years

Nasa's first crewed lunar voyage in over 50 years is commanded by Reid Wiseman, and carries a historic crew that includes the first woman, the first person of colour, and the first Canadian astronaut ...

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Artemis II update: Toilet trouble in space? What 4 NASA astronauts are doing amid mission

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Pooping and snacking: More on an astronaut’s daily life inside the tight Orion

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Artemis II journey through photos: Nasa goes to the Moon... and around

The four-person crew would be the first humans to go beyond low-Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

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Artemis II astronauts fire their engines to rocket toward the moon after spending a day around Earth

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Live Updates: Artemis II Astronauts Are Traveling to the Moon After Engine Burn

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Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Report

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NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, March 30 (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts toward the moon in over 53 years with its second Artemis mission, a critical test flight in humanity's broader lunar goals as the U.

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NASA just switched on a giant solar engine, and it’s headed for the moon

The Gateway, NASA’s upcoming lunar space station, is one step closer to reality as engineers have successfully powered on its solar electric propulsion system, a spacecraft engine designed to orbit and maneuver around the Moon. This achievement marks a ...

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NASA Can Open Up the Solar System With Nuclear Propulsion

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued slightly red, and almost completely surrounded by carved ...

Americans Have Never Been All That Excited About Going to the Moon

Polling has consistently found that most people would prefer NASA spend money on things like monitoring climate change and averting asteroid collisions rather than human spaceflight.

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NASA's long, fraught, over-budget path back to the moon

NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Could a successful mission quiet its critics?

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NASA Names Jennifer Lyons Acting Launch Services Program Manager

NASA has selected Jennifer Lyons as acting program manager for the agency’s Launch Services Program (LSP) based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Lyons will lead NASA’s acquisition and management of domestic commercial launch services for science and robotic exploration missions beginning Wednesday,

NASA’s Jared Isaacman: ‘The United States will never again give up the moon’

A new space race—this time with China—has NASA pivoting toward a more coordinated effort with private industry, academia, and international partners to fast-track a permanent Moon Base.