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  • Artemis II Crew Briefs Congress on 10-Day Lunar Mission Success

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    How did NASA’s Artemis II crew perform during their 10-day lunar flyby mission? NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen briefed congressional staff Tuesday on their successful Artemis II mission, which completed a nearly 10-day cislunar space journey. The crew brought “Rise,” their zero gravity indicator from…

  • NASA 2028 Moon Landing Threatened by Spacesuit Development Delays

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    Will NASA’s spacesuit delays derail the 2028 Moon landing? NASA’s ambitious 2028 timeline for returning astronauts to the lunar surface faces a critical bottleneck: spacesuit development is running significantly behind schedule, according to a damning Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report released Monday. The report identifies the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) program as…

  • Artemis 2 Crew Returns to Earth After Historic Lunar Flyby

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    What does Artemis 2’s successful return mean for NASA’s lunar program? The Artemis 2 crew capsule successfully completed its atmospheric reentry and Pacific Ocean splashdown off the California coast on April 10, marking the first crewed lunar mission in over five decades. The four-person crew—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Hammock Koch,…

  • Trump Proposes 23% NASA Budget Cut During Artemis Moon Mission

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    Will Trump’s 23% NASA Budget Cut Kill the Artemis Program? President Trump released a fiscal year 2027 budget blueprint calling for a 23% cut to NASA’s $24 billion budget—a $5.5 billion reduction—just two days after the agency launched four astronauts on humanity’s first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The timing underscores the political…

  • Robotic probe launched to lunar far side

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    A Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket, carrying the Chang’e 6 robotic lunar probe, blasts off on Friday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province. SU DONG/FOR CHINA DAILY The Chang’e 6 robotic probe, tasked with the world’s first attempt to retrieve samples from the moon’s far side, embarked on its historic journey on…