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Artemis II crew captures first human views of the moon since Apollo missions
For the first time since Apollo 17, astronauts traveling beyond low Earth orbit photographed the moon at close range on Monday, as astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen transmitted the first crewed lunar images of the modern spaceflight era from aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission.

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Artemis II vs. Apollo: Why this mission loops the moon but doesn't land
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How will Artemis 2 be different from NASA's Apollo moon missions?
Artemis II mission heading back to Earth after lunar flyby
The Artemis II crew is headed back to Earth after a historic journey around the moon.

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Artemis II crew prepares as spacecraft heads back from moon toward Earth for splashdown
Track Artemis II live: See where NASA’s Orion spacecraft is right now
Tracking Artemis II—after its historic lunar flyby, NASA’s moon mission heads home
Before the astronauts awoke in the morning, NASA began releasing some of the coveted photographs they took during the epic lunar encounter—more than 175 gigabytes of imagery —and the views did not dis...

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Monument creator plans Artemis II tribute, raises funds for a Sally Ride statue
Watch live: NASA details progress on Artemis II’s historic moon flyby

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell sends message to Artemis II before flyby

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

Artemis II astronauts swung by the moon, broke an Apollo record, and saw an eclipse

The NASA moon mission completed several key milestones as its crew looped around the lunar body. It's expected to splash down on Earth on Friday.

NASA drops Artemis II moon mission playlist. These are the astronauts' wake-up songs.

The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.

Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago."There are
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Untouched moon samples from the Apollo missions will be studied for the first time

After sitting untouched in storage for nearly 50 years, lunar samples collected during the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions will be studied for the first time, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Monday. The announcement came during Bridenstine's ...
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On Today's Date: An Apollo Mission Was Struck Twice By Lightning

Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued — to the moon, no less. On Nov. 14, 1969, 56 years ago today, the Apollo 12 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on its second manned mission ...
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New Photos From Apollo Mission Depict the Mundane Daily Tasks of Astronauts at Work

Shaving was something of a job on all the Apollo missions because in Zero-G, water doesn't just run off the face. Flickr/NASA Photo/ Project Apollo Archive The last human to walk on the moon was Eugene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission, on ...

Brown University professor who worked on Apollo missions praises Artemis II: "It's just inspirational"

Jim Head helped train Apollo astronauts and select lunar landing sites for the missions.