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NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch

NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s.

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NASA's giant moon rocket, in photos

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Artemis 2 launch: Inside the NASA moon mission as rocket to blast off in days

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NASA begins final countdown for first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years

NASA's Artemis II crew arrived in Florida on Friday, signaling final preparations are underway for the first crewed Moon mission since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

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A behind-the-scenes look at astronauts training for the Artemis moon mission

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NASA begins final preparations for Artemis II moon rocket launch

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Artemis II: NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon

It will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon.

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NASA's Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission

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Meet the Artemis crew in NASA’s first astronaut mission to the moon in more than a half-century

Artemis II astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of next week’s launch

The Artemis II astronauts arrived to Kennedy Space Center on Friday with a chance to launch as early as next Wednesday.

Behind-the-scenes secrets of NASA mission control

In high-stakes roles, NASA launch and mission control teams on the ground will keep the Artemis II astronauts safely on track during a 10-day journey around the moon.

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NASA's long, fraught, over-budget path back to the moon

NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Could a successful mission quiet its critics?

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Experience NASA's history at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Explore NASA's rich history and even feel the rumble of a launch at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

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Artemis II’s launch may be heard from miles away. Here’s how far

The next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, potentially heading for the moon on Wednesday for the Artemis II mission, will be the most powerful operational rocket ever to launch by far, on par with the Artemis I launch in 2022.

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Pictures: Behind the scenes of NASA crawler that gets Artemis to the launch pad

Built in the 1906s, NASA’s crawler transporter has carried Saturn V rockets for Apollo, Space Shuttles and is now a key part of getting moon-bound Artemis to the launch pad.