4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon.

Four astronauts to take unprecedented path to moon. But why aren't they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and ...

Astronauts to depart early from space station this week. When, how to watch

Four astronauts on the Crew-11 mission will depart the International Space Station as early as Wednesday on NASA's 1st ...

NASA’s giant SLS rocket completes slow roll toward Artemis II moon voyage

FLORIDA - NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman said on the morning of Jan 17 that a few days earlier, he looked up and saw the ...

What is Crew-11? What to know about astronauts leaving space station early

After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut their mission short and ...

Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission

The crawler carrying the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft was built 60 years ago to haul NASA’s Saturn V rockets, then kept ...

NASA’s Giant Rocket Completes Slow Roll Toward Artemis II Moon Voyage

The Space Launch System and Orion capsule were transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as ...
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It's almost 'all systems go' for Artemis 2 to take the next giant leap toward stepping on the moon again

One morning this past June, inside the mission control building at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, 20 or so flight ...
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The lunar lander jet, how a strange VTOL aircraft trained NASA astronauts to land on the moon

During the Cold War, an unusual experimental jet became a critical training tool for NASA, allowing astronauts to rehearse lunar landing techniques years before Apollo. Flown by Neil Armstrong himself ...
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Japanese company ispace prepares for lunar lander to touch down on the moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After launching from Florida's space coast and cruising toward the moon for the last five months, the Japanese company ispace is preparing to touch down its lunar lander on ...