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NASA overhauls Artemis Moon programme

Artemis III to test docking in low-Earth orbit before NASA returns astronauts to the lunar surface

But the additional mission gives NASA more practice launching its rocket and allows the agency and its partners to collect additional data as they finalize moon-landing hardware.

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NASA Overhauls Its Artemis Program to Return Astronauts to the Moon

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NASA announces major overhaul to its Artemis moon program

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NASA overhauls moon mission in effort to cut risks and costs

NASA is shaking up its Artemis mission to the moon, canceling a multibillion-dollar Boeing Co. upgrade to the centerpiece SLS rocket and slotting in a test flight closer to Earth as the program remain...

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NASA abruptly adds a new step to its path to moon landing as a race with China looms

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Watch: Nasa removes giant Artemis-II moon rocket from the launch pad for repairs

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Nasa’s Moon programme so slow that staff forget what to do

Mr Isaacman said Nasa needed to start using standardised rockets to “reduce complexity” and begin launching more quickly to maintain continuity with staff.

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NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo

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Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon

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NASA abruptly changes its roadmap to putting boots back on the moon

NASA on Friday announced an abrupt change to its pathway to getting astronauts back on the lunar surface, opting to add in an additional crewed test flight before attempting to land.

NASA revamps Artemis plan, adding one more mission near Earth before moon landing

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major overhaul of the agency’s Artemis mission plans on Friday, adding an extra mission next year to help the program better prepare for a moon landing

NASA rolls Artemis II moon rocket back to the garage to try and hit April launch window

NASA sent the Artemis II rocket back from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B to the Vehicle Assembly Building to fix a problem in the rocket’s upper stage.

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps and risk

The overhaul in the flight lineup came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its hangar for more repairs, and a safety panel warned the space agency to scale back its overly ambitious goals for humanity’s first lunar landing since 1972.

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NASA Announces Major Revamp of Its Artemis Moon Program

The Artemis 2 mission, currently scheduled for launch in April, is the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket. NASA’s original plan was to follow that up with a crewed landing on the surface of the Moon as part of the Artemis 3 mission.

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke reveals his medical incident was behind Crew-11 return

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke announced Wednesday that it was his medical incident aboard the International Space Station in January that prompted the agency to return the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to

NASA's Space Umbrella Project: Earth’s magnetic field vs. solar winds

There is a constant outward flow of charged particles from the Sun. This flow, known as the solar wind, moves across space and reaches Earth every day.