4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

We’re going back to the moon for the first time since 1972

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and head near the moon, with NASA’s Artemis 2 mission set to launch in 2026. Decades after the last Apollo ...

Nasa to take astronauts around the moon for first time in 50 years

Nasa is one step closer to taking astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The space agency moved ...
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NASA is headed back to the moon after 50 years, sooner than you think

For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts are again training to fly around the moon, not as a distant dream ...
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It’s Almost ‘All Systems Go’ for Artemis 2 to Take the Next Giant Leap Toward Stepping on the Moon Again

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the ...

NASA rolled out an 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

The rollout sets the stage for tests and dress rehearsals ahead of NASA's first crewed flight to the moon in more than 50 ...

Artemis II: back to the Moon

Artemis II was originally scheduled to launch between 2019 and 2021 but delays kept pushing it back. In September last year, Nasa was finally able to say that the SLS rocket was “ready to fly crew”, ...
Scientific American

NASA Commits to Plan to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030

The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the ...