Moon, NASA and Artemis
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NASA will soon name the crew for Artemis III - the third mission in the space agency's Artemis program to send a manned crew to Mars.
NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that will launch Artemis missions to the moon. The penultimate test in the series was conducted at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
NASA announced Blue Origin may launch its uncrewed Mark 1 lunar lander this fall, marking a key step in development of a base near the moon's south pole.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said NASA now has the funding and policy support needed to meet President Donald Trump’s goal of returning Americans to the moon before the end of his second term. He credited recent federal funding
NASA nailed down some specifics for next year’s Artemis III mission, which will send four astronauts on low-Earth orbit to rendezvous with a pair of lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft launches at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) In this image from video provided by NASA,