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NASA names Artemis II crew for trip around the moon | Science & Tech News
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NASA has named a team of four astronauts who will embark on a historic venture around the moon ahead of a return to the lunar surface. Artemis II will see the crew board the Orion spacecraft, carried by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – the most powerful ever built – for a flyby of…
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Watch Orion’s flyby of the moon during NASA’s Artemis mission | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Artemis spacecraft will arrive at the moon – and you can follow its journey by watching the live steam above. The Orion capsule will reach the moon at 12.44pm (GMT) – sweeping 80 miles (130km) above the lunar surface, before entering into a larger orbit. During the approach, the capsule will fire its main…
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NASA’s Artemis mission is spending $93bn of taxpayer money on a return to the moon – but it has a good case | Science & Tech News
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Fifty years after the last Apollo astronaut left footprints on the moon, NASA is on its way back. The Orion spacecraft is now on its 1.3-million-mile test flight that will take it into lunar orbit. In two years’ time, there will be a crewed mission around the moon, and soon after humans will land on…
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NASA calls off launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket for second time after leak | Science & Tech News
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NASA has called off the launch of its Artemis 1 rocket after a leak developed – the second time it has failed to go ahead. Engineers recommended to the launch director the planned lift-off should not go ahead. The rocket, which was initially planned to launch earlier this week on Monday 29, was scrubbed following…
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Artemis 1: NASA moon launch postponed after hydrogen leak | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board. The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today. The launch had been delayed during the fuelling process, just…
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Artemis set for launch – what you need to know about NASA’s mission to put humans back on the moon | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the mission that aims to put humans back on the moon will go ahead as planned next week, say NASA bosses. Artemis 1 was given the green light during a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here’s what you need to know about the historic space endeavour. What does…