NASA ready for another shot at Artemis II moon mission with possible April 1 launch

NASA's huge Space Launch System rocket has been repaired and is ready for rollout back to the launch pad next week.

NASA targets April 1 to launch astronauts around the moon

The Artemis II mission will be the first on which this NASA rocket and capsule carry people. The crew will be the first to travel to the moon in more than 50 years.

NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for April 1 launch

A six-day launch window opens on April 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The lunar orbital mission would be the first time humans have returned to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
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NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

As its name suggests, Artemis 2 will be the second mission of NASA's Artemis program — but it's the first to fly a crew aboard Orion. An uncrewed Orion capsule launched on Artemis 1 in November 2022 ...

US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?

To that end, the Act calls for the U.S. to have an "enduring lunar presence." Furthermore, to the maximum practical extent, capabilities honed at the base are to be scalable to Mars missions and ...
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NASA clears its Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts following repairs

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an ...

NASA plans to have a permanent base on the moon by 2030: How it can be done

A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Eerie Nebula That Looks Like a Giant Brain

Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.
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NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge ...

‘A dream come true’: UNC alum Zena Cardman reflects on five-month ISS mission

After splashing down near San Diego following a five-month mission, NASA astronaut and UNC graduate Zena Cardman shared the challenges of readjusting to Earth's gravity and the importance of the ...

SETI thinks it could have missed calls from aliens. Here's why

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

Is 'city killer' asteroid going to hit the moon? See NASA outlook

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to safely miss the lunar surface by about 13,000 miles, according to recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...