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Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
NASA has set a date for a return to the Moon, as part of the U.S. space agency’s ambitious Artemis program.
SLS and the Orion spacecraft are fully stacked together inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center. Once final tests are complete, the launch vehicle will be rolled out onto the pad at Launch Complex-39A, which should take about 10 hours.
WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has “full confidence” in the space agency’s plans to use the existing heat shield to protect the Orion spacecraft during its upcoming lunar mission.
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2026 is the year humanity will finally go back to the moon
Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and competition with China, the program's first crewed flight around the moon will mark a definitive turning point. In 2026, humanity isn't just planning to return to lunar space — it's actually going.
L3Harris Technologies is selling a 60% stake in its space propulsion business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million, retaining 40% ownership.
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NASA’s Artemis program explained, the plan to return humans to the moon, build a lunar base, and prepare for Mars
Nearly fifty years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis program aims to return astronauts to the Moon, establish a sustainable presence, and turn lunar missions into a proving ground for Mars. This is the strategy,
Artemis is the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Half a century after NASA sent men to the moon under project "Apollo," the space agency is now ...