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Artemis program will land international astronaut on the moon by end of 2020s, VP Harris says

By Mike Wall published

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pledged today (Dec. 20) that NASA's Artemis program will send a non-American to the lunar surface before this decade is done.

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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.

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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.

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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The Orion spacecraft for the moon mission Artemis 2 comes together at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians joined the European service module with the crew module at the Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building Oct. 19.

Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft comes together ahead of 2024 moon mission (photos)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Sections of the Orion spacecraft tasked with flying four astronauts around the moon during the Artemis 2 mission have been joined together. The mission is set for no earlier than late 2024.

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Here's how Artemis 2 astronauts will exercise, sleep and use the toilet on their moon mission (photos)

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA is getting the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft built while testing key activities that astronauts will perform on their way to the moon and back.

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These 3 Orion spacecraft will carry Artemis astronauts to the moon (photo)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Three NASA Orion spacecraft for the agency's Artemis moon program are coming together at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Artemis 4 and Artemis 5 moon missions will include European astronauts (exclusive interview)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The head of the European Space Agency says its astronauts will fly on Artemis 4 and 5, two moon-landing missions slated to launch in the late 2020s.

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Artist's illustration of Artemis 2 mission including the Orion spacecraft with Earth in background

NASA's Artemis 2 mission: Everything you need to know

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Reference Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission that will send four astronauts around the moon.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (right) and Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts gang creator Charles M. Schulz, holding the Artemis I Snoopy zero gravity indicator pose with Schulz's NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal plaque on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Jean Schulz awarded NASA achievement medal for sending Snoopy to the moon

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Jean Schulz, the widow of Peanuts' creator Charles M. Schulz, has been recognized for being a "huge champion" of NASA and inspiring millions of people around the world by sending Snoopy to the moon.

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NASA test fires upgraded rocket engines for future Artemis moon missions (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The agency wants to send huge payloads towards the moon starting with Artemis 5. Getting there requires more power from recycled RS-25 space shuttle engines.

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