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Artemis II crew take new photo of far side of moon
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Monday is the most dramatic day of NASA's Artemis II mission. Here's everything that happens, and exactly when.
The Artemis astronauts on Sunday were approaching a key milestone in their journey to slingshot around the Moon, a historic NASA mission that will see the first woman and first person of color perform a lunar flyby.
The next U.S. trip to the moon isn't about planting a flag. It's about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations,
In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.
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Blue Ghost lunar lander data reveals unexpected clues about the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander touched down in Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille, delivering NASA science payloads and capturing descent footage that has already started to challenge assumptions about how rocket exhaust interacts with lunar soil.
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1st results from Blue Ghost lunar lander reveal how much we still don't know about the moon
Data from Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander casts doubt on the decades-old view of the moon as divided between a hotter near side and cooler far side.
New measurements from the Blue Ghost lander suggest that thin crust, not just radioactive heating, shaped the moon’s dark lava plains.
Amateur astronomers will have their telescopes out for Wednesday’s full moon event, known as the Pink Moon. Despite its name, the moon will not appear pink. The term “Pink Moon” is derived from the seasonal bloom of creeping phlox, a pink wildflower common in early spring, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.