For months, the Artemis II crew and flight controllers have been simulating malfunctions to prepare for their upcoming trip ...
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The Moon's surface is made up of long-dead volcanoes and impact craters from asteroids. But have you ever wondered what might ...
New measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft have offered a clearer picture of what lies beneath the frozen surface of ...
During the early Cold War, the United States quietly studied a plan to detonate a nuclear weapon on the Moon as a global display of power. This is the story of Project A119, the scientists behind it, ...
NASA's moon mission Artemis II is all over the world. This mission will take humans around the Moon. This will happen for the first time in over 50 years. Artemis II is a test flight designed to push ...
The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The ...
Moon dust is sharp, corrosive, and potentially fatal. NASA’s new electric force field shield is designed to blast it away.
The next full Moon is on Sunday, February 1st. That day, the Snow Moon rises at 5:09 p.m. EST. Here are the phases of the Moon for February 2026: 🌕 Full Moon: Feb. 1, 5:09 p.m. EST 🌗 Third Quarter: ...
The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.
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