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NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China.

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Inside NASA’s astronaut training for a historic moon mission

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Meet the four astronauts who will fly around the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission

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It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972, the three Americans and one Canadian are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth.

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NASA shares pictures from Artemis II in space

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'Something we have never seen before': Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon

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Four astronauts make history: These are the protagonists of humanity’s return to the Moon

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are the chosen ones for the first manned lunar mission since 1972

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NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The countdown clock for the launch of NASA Planned for 2027, the new mission comes as the US aims to establish regular lunar missions, a long-awaited follow-up to its first moon missions ...

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Before the moon, Artemis II astronauts trained at Aquarius

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman and Canadian Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen both trained and lived underwater as aquanauts at Aquarius, Wiseman in 2016 and Hansen in 2014. Now both men are about to orbit the moon along with NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch.

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NSLC and Space Center Houston Launch New Engineering Program for High School Students

NSLC's Engineering at Space Center Houston will run two Summer 2026 sessions, June 11 - June 19 and June 23 - July 1, with students residing in supervised campus housing at Rice University. Tuition includes housing, meals, academic materials, site visits, and transportation to all program activities.

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Reid Wiseman: Artemis 2 Commander

Leading the intrepid explorers in the Artemis 2 mission is U.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, mission commander.

Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13’s record

The crew is scheduled to fly around the moon on Monday and then head back home, with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.

Nonverbal Communication In Space | NASA Astronauts

NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari describe how nonverbal communication in employed on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

'Absolutely spectacular': Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon

The crew for Nasa's Artemis II mission have described seeing the far side of the Moon for the first time. Nasa astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have entered the third day of their mission on the Orion spacecraft that will carry them around the far side of the Moon and back to Earth.