NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing

Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
Time

Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon For The First Time in Half a Century

The celebrated Earthrise picture was captured by Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Story Humanity has changed an awful lot in the past 58 Years. The moon? Not so much. It was in 1968 that astronauts ...
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The Artemis 1 moon mission had a heat shield issue. Here’s why NASA doesn’t think it will happen again on Artemis 2

The Orion capsule's heat shield had issues during the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. Here are the steps NASA has taken to prevent them from recurring on Artemis 2.
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NASA is expanding its moon landing program

NASA has revealed a major update to its Moon landing program with the selection of a new lunar lander. Blue Origin’s Blue Moon has been chosen as the second certified Human Landing System for the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Say They May Have Found a Long-Lost Lunar Lander—the First to Successfully Touch Down on the Moon 60 Years Ago

Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...
USA Today

You can send your name to the moon on NASA Artemis mission. Here's how

NASA is inviting the public to send their names to the moon aboard the Artemis 2 mission. The Artemis 2 mission will carry four astronauts on a 10-day flight around the moon. This mission is the first ...
Observer

Four Astronauts, One Giant Test: What’s at Stake for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.
SETI Institute

AI Helps Pinpoint the Moon’s First Soft Landing

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...
IFLScience

NASA's Lunar Orbiter May Have Spotted Long-Lost Luna 9 Spacecraft, 60 Years After It Vanished

The spacecraft made history, returning the first images from the surface of the Moon. But its whereabouts have become a ...
KSL

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

ORLANDO — When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as Feb. 6, they'll climb aboard NASA's 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft with the understanding that it has a known flaw — ...