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For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the ...

NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield

As NASA ramps up the preparation to send four people on a trip around the moon and back, a debate is raging among experts and former astronauts over whether the mission’s spacecraft is as safe as the ...

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 ...

As NASA looks to Artemis II launch, space industry honors Apollo 1

NASA's first tragedy is recalled annually at Launch Complex 34. This year is different, as the Artemis II mission sits on the ...

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 ...

After more than 50 years, NASA astronauts are going back to the moon

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...
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Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard

"What they’re talking about doing is crazy." The post Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is ...

NASA’s lunar rocket is surrounded by safety concerns

NASA hopes to launch a new mission to the moon in the coming months ...

Astronauts Are Heading to the Moon for the First Time in Over 50 Years, but They Won’t Be Landing

A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6 ...

Artemis 2 mission timeline: An itinerary for the historic 10-day flight

A day-by-day look at the upcoming lunar journey.
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Could Space Tourism Make You Infertile? Scientists Say It’s Time to Ask

In A Nutshell Space radiation can damage reproductive DNA. A Mars trip exposes travelers to 662 millisieverts: levels known ...