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Key milestones in NASA's Artemis moon program

March 30 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis program is the U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained human presence there, a goal Washington has framed as central to maintaining space leadership amid growing competition from China.

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NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy

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Why did NASA stop going to the moon? All about the ambitious Artemis II moon launch

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The crew of Artemis II is returning to a planet they have cheered up

O n Christmas Day 1968 Michael Collins, who would later be the pilot of Apollo 11’s command module, Columbia, relayed a question his young son had asked about Apollo 8 to Bill Anders, then on board th...

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'Screams of delight': Artemis crew flying home to thrilled NASA scientists

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Artemis II flies by unseen far side of moon, beating distance record

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The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission

Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian, was talking to ground control but also to an international livestream audience.

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See NASA’s Artemis II mission’s first incredible photos of the moon, Earth and a total solar eclipse

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42 Tweets About Artemis II That Are Waaaaay Funnier Than They Should Be

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NASA’s Artemis program has sparked a race to land U.S. rovers on the moon

As NASA’s Artemis II mission unfolds, with four astronauts on the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972’s Apollo 17, the U.S.’s elite status as the only nation to ever send humans to the moon remains

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How China could still win the new moon race

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA’s Artemis program does?

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As 4 astronauts aim to make history at the moon, Trump recommends slashing NASA’s budget

As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

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NASA Pivots Artemis Program Toward Building Permanent Base on the Moon

The agency has outlined a three-phase plan for lunar infrastructure and says the effort will serve as a proving ground for future missions to Mars.

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NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, March 30 (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts toward the moon in over 53 years with its second Artemis mission, a critical test flight in humanity's broader lunar goals as the U.

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Trump wants a moon landing by 2028, so why is NASA already hedging?

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's shifting language on beating China to the moon raises questions about the viability of a 2028 lunar landing.

Tafton vacationer who worked on Apollo program glad to see Artemis

Louis Cariola Jr. watches NASA’s Artemis moon program progress with a connection far beyond what most can claim. He was right there with the Apollo missions, helping create the lunar landers, but flabbergasted that it has been over half a century since anyone has tried going back.

‘We are Moonbound’: NASA says Artemis II crew crosses halfway mark to the Moon

Artemis II is the first crewed mission to venture beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo program ended with Apollo 17 in 1972. The roughly 10-day mission is designed as a lunar flyby test, meaning the spacecraft will circle the Moon without landing before returning to Earth.