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NASA hopes to launch Artemis 2 astronauts to moon next month

NASA hopes to launch Artemis 2 astronauts to the moon next month, but it's going to be tight: 'This is not a rush'

"We're going to do our job to be ready to go fly." CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA is about to roll its massive new Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad.

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NASA's New Moon Rocket Heads to the Pad Ahead of Astronaut Launch as Early as February

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Artemis II: Rocket arrives at launch pad for mission to the Moon

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Artemis II: Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad

Nasa's mega rocket has been moved to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the final preparations get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

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NASA rolls giant SLS rocket to launchpad for second Artemis moon mission

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NASA rolls out Artemis II craft ahead of crewed lunar orbit

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Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: Giant NASA moon rocket heads to launch pad

The Artemis 2 moon rocket consists of NASA's second Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, and is scheduled to launch four astronauts around the moon as early as Feb. 6.

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'We're ready to go,' Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad

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

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Artemis II astronauts share mission preparation and crew perspectives in NASA's Curious Universe podcast

Explore NASA’s Curious Universe podcast featuring Artemis II astronauts. Learn about their mission preparation, crew perspectives, and the steps leading to humanity’s next journey around the Moon.

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NASA's Artemis II crew runs through launch day countdown test at KSC

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

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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 lunar surface

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Astronauts' brains change shape and position after time in space, study finds

The research has implications for NASA’s goals to build a base on the moon and eventually conduct crewed missions to Mars.

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'Backward and upward and tilted': Spaceflight causes astronauts' brains to shift inside their skulls

Their study, published on Jan. 12, showed a consistent pattern of the brain shifting backward and upward, and rotating upward, after time in microgravity, with some positional changes still detectable months after astronauts return to Earth.

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China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions

China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions.