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Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission

Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'

NASA's next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.

Orlando Sentinel · 15h

Moonbound Artemis II astronauts stay focused despite NASA uncertainty

It’s the first time humans will be on board the Orion spacecraft, a version of which flew to the moon without crew on the Artemis I mission in 2022. A second human spaceflight of Orion is

UPI News on MSN · 14h

NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flight

NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for future crewed moon landings.

NASA taps Firefly for 2029 Moon South Pole mission

Austin American-Statesman · 22h

Firefly Aerospace lands contract for another NASA moon mission

Firefly Aerospace, the Cedar Park-based space and technology company that recently became the first commercial company to land on the moon, was awarded

The Register on MSN · 19h

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177M to drop more bots on the Moon

If at first you succeed, have some more money NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace $176.7 million to deliver a pair of rovers and a trio of scientific instruments to the Moon as part of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

NASA taps Firefly for 2029 Moon South Pole mission with $180 million contract

Firefly Aerospace said on Tuesday it has secured a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver five NASA payloads to the Moon's South Pole in 2029, marking another step toward expanding private sector participation in U.

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‘City killer’ giant asteroid may hit moon in 2032

City killer’ giant asteroid, unofficially known as 2024 YR4, may hit the moon in 2032. The scientists ruled out any ...

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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on July 31, 2025

As of Thursday, July 31, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There's 41% of the moon's surface visible to us on Earth (according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation ). It's day seven of the lunar cycle, ...

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Seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure

A new paper reveals that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar ...

Potential asteroid impact on Moon in 2032 could trigger massive meteor shower on Earth

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon, it would create a crater more than half a mile in diameter (1 km), becoming the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to the study. Current ...

The Daily Galaxy on MSN2d

NASA Just Discovered What’s Really Creating the Moon’s Atmosphere

A groundbreaking study using Apollo 16 lunar samples has challenged long-held assumptions about the source of the Moon’s ...

AFP on MSN4d

NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce

The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce - ...

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