Tag: NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for space exploration, scientific research, and aeronautics. Founded in 1958, NASA led the Apollo Moon missions and continues to play a major role in modern space science and planetary exploration.
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NASA Names Four Astronauts for Artemis III Moon Return in 2027
NASA has announced the four astronauts selected for Artemis III, a mission expected to play a major role in future plans to return humans to the Moon.
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Crew Shares HD Images of Earth as Artemis II Reaches Halfway to Moon
The Artemis II mission is at another landmark. The four astronauts on board Orion spacecraft successfully crossed halfway between the Earth and Moon earlier. Two days after liftoff, the astronauts hit the halfway mark more than 140,000 miles from Earth on their four-day orbit around the Moon. The mission launched on April 1, and was…
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Humans Return to the Moon After 50 Years: Meet NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts
The first humans traveling to the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 have departed on NASA’s Artemis II, inaugurating a new space age. This mission, unlike its Apollo predecessors, will not land but will instead orbit the Moon before returning to Earth, serving as a proving ground for a potential landing at some…
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NASA Satellite Set to Fall Back to Earth After 14 Years in Space
NASA’s defunct 1300-pound satellite set to fall to Earth March 10-11. The satellite, known as Van Allen Probe A, was sent into space by NASA in August 2012 as a mission to study the Earth’s radiation belts. Originally intended for two years, the satellite spent much longer than planned collecting scientific data before running out…
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