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NASA rocket almost ready for blast off to the moon

NASA rocket almost ready for blast off to the moon

By Dean Murray Ready for its close-up. Media were seen aiming their remote cameras at the rocket set to blast off to the Moon as early as Wednesday, April 1. Final preparations were underway Sunday for the launch of NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from

'We are ready': astronauts arrive at launch site for Moon mission

'We are ready': astronauts arrive at launch site for Moon mission

The four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to make final preparations ahead of their planned journey. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch will make the trip with their Canadian colleague Jeremy Hansen, and are

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 Moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades. In doing so, they will become the new faces of American space exploration. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch will make the voyage with their Canadian

Artemis 2 Moon mission: a primer

Artemis 2 Moon mission: a primer

NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission is set to be the first crewed flyby of the Moon in more than half a century, and could launch as soon as April 1. Here is what to know about the highly anticipated mission that will usher in a new chapter of

It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off

It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off

More than half-a-century after the groundbreaking Apollo program's last crewed flight to the Moon, three men and one woman are preparing for a lunar journey set to turn a new page in American space exploration. The long-delayed NASA mission dubbed Artemis II is slated to

NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon, while suspending its plans to create the lunar orbital space station known as Gateway. "The agency intends to pause Gateway in its current form and shift focus

Astronauts try blasting off to moon after earlier problems

Astronauts try blasting off to moon after earlier problems

By Dean Murray Astronauts will once again try to blast off to the Moon after earlier problems. NASA’s Artemis II rocket has began its second journey to the launch pad on Friday, March 20, ahead of the first crewed mission to fly around the Moon. The SLS (Space Launch