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What's it like to buzz an Artemis SLS moon rocket with a supersonic jet? NASA's Artemis 2 commander tells all (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
When Artemis 1's moon rocket arrived on the launch pad in 2022, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman spent months gathering a group to fly over it.
![NASA Artemis 2 moon commander Reid Wiseman slides away from a mock Orion spacecraft during emergency egress training, in a video released on Dec. 18, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KkzgD23hwBFzoN4JBcwjHK-320-80.jpg)
Watch Artemis 2 moon crew take a slide for NASA training (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The next moon astronauts practiced sliding out of their Orion spacecraft during a simulated emergency splashdown. Artemis 2 aims to fly the four astronauts in 2024.
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Artemis 2 astronauts meet President Biden to talk America's next trip to the moon
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Artemis 2 moon astronauts met Dec. 14 with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris to discuss science and other goals of the round-the-moon mission in 2024.
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NASA building giant Artemis 2 moon rocket ahead of 2024 launch
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission remains on track for its 2024 launch, and the hardware is coming together. New updates show rocket pieces being readied.
![NASA's Orion capsule captured this footage of its reentry to Earth's atmosphere on Dec. 11, 2022, at the end of the Artemis 1 moon mission.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mCzUeiyKtcPvcgfehgssPB-320-80.jpg)
Relive Artemis 1 Orion's fiery return from the moon in this amazing video
By Mike Wall published
Just over a year ago, NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule returned to Earth in a blaze of glory, which the spacecraft captured on video.
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NASA's Artemis 3 astronaut moon landing unlikely before 2027, GAO report finds
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's endeavor to return humans to the moon during the Artemis 3 mission will likely be delayed because it is jeopardized by "multiple challenges" and an ambitious schedule.
![NASA astronaut Christina Koch, a mission specialist for the Artemis 2 moon mission, signs her name to the Orion spacecraft stage adapter for NASA's Space Launch System rocket on Nov. 27, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YqcMpBWiUuPQNAZX6wL7X-320-80.jpg)
Artemis 2 moon astronauts autograph their own rocket 1 year before launch
By Elizabeth Howell published
Just one year before flying around the moon, the Artemis 2 astronauts autographed a part of the massive lunar rocket that will send them aloft in late 2024.
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Canada soars into space with new moon and ISS astronaut missions
By Elizabeth Howell published
'My mind just might explode.'
![The waxing gibbous moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Pacific Ocean in January 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/74Zz2odCxaj8YYeDtE4Qcj-320-80.jpg)
Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it
By Paul Hayne published
Building a space station on the Moon might seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but each new lunar mission is bringing that idea closer to reality.
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