astronauts

NASA targets April 1 to launch astronauts around the moon

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NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon as early as April 1, the agency announced Thursday. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft back to the launch pad at … Read more

Inside Artemis II astronauts’ rigorous training for their historic flight around the moon

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Final preparations are underway for NASA’s first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years, with an early February launch in sight. The Artemis II spaceflight will send four astronauts – three Americans and one Canadian – on a 10-day journey looping around the moon and back to Earth. The mission will be led by commander Reid … Read more