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NASA’s Artemis II Timeline: 8 Key Moments To Watch Live

NASA’s Artemis II mission, which launched on April 1, will mark humanity’s long-awaited return to deep space, sending four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft.

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How to track NASA's Artemis II mission live as it flies around the moon

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Artemis II astronauts leave Earth’s orbit, head toward moon on historic mission

Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission are now en route to the moon after leaving Earth’s orbit, traveling a record distance while testing spacecraft systems and capturing stunning views of ...

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NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon

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NASA's Artemis II crew now on their way to the moon after engine burn

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'Feeling pretty good up here': Artemis II makes critical push out of Earth's orbit towards Moon

Due to launch from 18:24 local time (23:24 BST) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Artemis II will spend around 10 days travelling around the Moon.

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Artemis II astronauts reach orbit on historic mission to the moon and back

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Artemis II launches from NASA's KSC, Florida: Astronauts off on moon mission

NASA releases 1st images from Artemis II

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NASA shares 1st images of Earth from Artemis II's Orion. Take a look

NASA's latest update about the Artemis II moon mission shows a breathtaking view of Earth as the Orion capsule with four astronauts on board orbits tens of thousands of miles above.

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NASA releases first images from Artemis II

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NASA shares photos of Earth taken by Artemis II crew

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NASA releases stunning first images of Earth taken by the Artemis II astronauts

NASA released the very first images taken by astronauts aboard the Artemis II Orion capsule as they are making their way to the moon .

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NASA's Artemis II mission has left Earth's orbit

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Retired NASA astronaut explains Artemis II journey around the moon

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Artemis II Astronauts Bound For Moon After Rocketing Away On NASA's First Lunar Voyage In Decades

It is the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U. S. citizen riding in NASA’s new Orion capsule.

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‘Full Send’—NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Moon Flight

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Moon mission astronauts ‘doing great’ and spacecraft performing well, Nasa chief says

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NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years away

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits within a "habitable zone," according to NASA. Astronomers ...

NASA head says Artemis II crew are 'doing great' as spacecraft orbits Earth

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NASA parked the James Webb telescope in a mind-blowing orbit

The James Webb Space Telescope is not circling our planet the way most people imagine a satellite does. Instead, NASA parked this observatory in a carefully chosen deep space orbit that lets it study the Universe with a stability and clarity no Earth ...

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Artemis II vs Apollo: A visual guide to NASA's path to lunar far side — how astronauts will create figure ‘8’

Artemis II astronauts will be looking at the Moon from a “unique perspective”, as they will be passing by at a much higher altitude compared to the Apollo missions.

NASA's Artemis program brings new faces to lunar voyage

As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable. The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.

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NASA spots a strange near-Earth phenomenon for the first time

NASA’s decades-long watch on near-Earth space has revealed a landscape that is far more dynamic, and far more intricate, than early asteroid hunters imagined. Instead of a simple backdrop of rocks drifting past our planet, scientists now see a constantly ...

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NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission, which tested a planetary defense strategy, successfully changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022. The mission also unexpectedly altered the orbit of Dimorphos's larger companion, Didymos, around the sun. This marks the first ...

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NASA footage of Artemis II burn reveals stunning views of Earth

NASA executed several engine firings on Thursday. The apogee raise burn sent Orion into high-Earth orbit, where the backdrop offered a striking view of the planet.