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NASA awards 3 companies lunar lander contracts to help with moon base program

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NASA awards 3 companies lunar lander contracts to help with moon base program – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA has awarded three more companies with contracts to deliver payloads to the moon’s surface as part of its effort to build a lunar base. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has the details. Source link

NASA planning 3 moon missions this year in race to build lunar city

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NASA planning 3 moon missions this year in race to build lunar city – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA is planning three new moon missions this year as the race to build a lunar city takes shape. NASA officials are hoping to maintain a presence on the south pole of the lunar surface. CBS … Read more

Eye Opener: Artemis set to splash down after historic lunar mission

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Eye Opener: Artemis set to splash down after historic lunar mission – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA’s Artemis II will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday evening. Plus, the U.S. and Iran are set for high-level peace talks this weekend. All that and all that matters in … Read more

Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming lunar features after loved ones

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HOUSTON — Lunar love knows no bounds. Now hurtling home from the moon, the Artemis II astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing deeply personal names for a pair of lunar craters. Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew asked permission to name one small, fresh crater after their capsule called … Read more

Artemis II reignites deep-space travel. Will it also boost a lunar economy?

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The crew of Artemis II set a record Monday for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, as the spacecraft swung around the far side of the moon. Shortly after traveling 248,656 miles away from Earth, breaking the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, Artemis mission specialist Jeremy Hansen said he and his … Read more