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NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year.

Amanda Stevenson is a lead engineer at NASA on the Artemis ll mission.

NASA had a big year in 2022, and the Biden administration is asking for even more money as the space agency moves forward on its goals.

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As soon as Artemis I ended so perfectly Sunday, gently splashing down in the pacific, the Orion capsule scorched but intact, NASA looked ahead to Artemis II.

NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon.

NASA planned for a Sunday splashdown off Mexico’s coast for the Orion capsule as the Artemis I mission came to an end.

NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight.

The Orion capsule flew around the moon for its final time, before heading back to Earth.

The Orion spacecraft is getting ready to return to Earth and NASA is holding a news conference Wednesday evening to preview what happens next.

At the halfway point in NASA's Artemis 1 mission, the unpiloted Orion moonship is chalking up a near-flawless flight, mission managers said Monday, beaming back spectacular images of Earth disappearing from view as it was eclipsed by the moon.

NASA is set to bring its latest update on the Artemis I mission on Monday as the mission is now at its midway point.

NASA's Orion capsule is now circling the moon in an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles.

Orion, which launched into space atop NASA’s mega rocket over a week ago, is preparing to enter into distant retrograde around the moon Friday afternoon.

NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the far side and passing within about 80 miles.

A space capsule hurtles toward the moon.

NASA announced on Sunday that the mission management team polled “go” for Orion’s flyby past the moon.

NASA officials hold a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss what the Orion capsule has next ahead of it.

The Orion spacecraft atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket during its Artemis I mission to the moon gave humans a view back on Earth that they haven’t seen in decades.

A space capsule is hurtling toward the moon for the first time in 50 years.

NASA is making another attempt to launch its new moon rocket on its first test flight.

Artemis I mission management team gave a “go” for the next launch attempt for NASA’s mega moon rocket.

After inspecting the Artemis I moon mission rocket following Hurricane Nicole, NASA is going to make "minor repairs" ahead of the upcoming launch.

NASA announced they are on track to rollout the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B ahead of its mid-November launch.

NASA is counting down toward a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, its second attempt in a week.

Artemis is still set to launch on Saturday afternoon, NASA mission managers said in a briefing Thursday evening.

NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight.

NASA is set to attempt the first flight of its behemoth Space Launch System moon rocket Monday morning from Kennedy Space Center.

Ahead of Monday's Artemis I mission rocket launch, NASA has provided a list of "the ultimate personal tour guide" tips for those planning to watch the historic launch.

NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.

NASA is preparing to send its Space Launch System rocket as part of its Artemis I mission from the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's new moon rocket has arrived at the launch pad for its first test flight.

When the Artemis I moon rocket with the Orion crew capsule on board rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building one final time before launch, everything that is headed to space will be on board the crew capsule, including a brand-new space suit.

NASA crews at Kennedy Space Center are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel as they ready for the first launch of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission.

NASA is getting closer to launching its most powerful rocket ever.

NASA is shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket.

NASA on Wednesday announced three potential dates for the launch of the Artemis I mission.

NASA says it has finished testing its huge moon rocket.

NASA has fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time and completed a countdown test despite a fuel line leak.

NASA will not set a launch date for Artemis until the team gets through a wet dress rehearsal successfully.

The flight debut of NASA's mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests.

A hydrogen leak discovered while loading fuel into the Artemis SLS rocket forced NASA to stop the critical test countdown Thursday.

A series of major tests NASA still needs to complete before it can launch its new rocket built to go to the moon resumed at Launch Pad 39b.

A modified wet dress rehearsal is planned this week to finish testing NASA’s mega moon rocket as part of its Artemis programs.

NASA enlists electric vehicle maker Canoo to make new and improved "Astrovan."

NASA’s dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket has been postponed twice now by technical problems that stalled a fueling test.

NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket.

During the wet dress rehearsal, NASA’s launch team will run through all the steps to prepare to launch the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft.

NASA is preparing to roll out its Space Launch System rocket this week for a critical test of its engine.

NASA may need to delay the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission.

Snoopy, or rather a stuffed toy of the famous cartoon dog, will once again don his astronaut suit and fly onboard the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission to the moon next year.

Even more powerful than Saturn V, NASA’s next moon rocket towers over its high bay platforms in the Vehicle Assembly Building.

The Artemis missions aim to eventually “land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon,” according to NASA officials. It got one step closer when it lifted the Orion spacecraft above the massive NASA SLS rocket.

NASA has moved its Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building as the space agency prepares to hoist the capsule atop its massive Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket.

The first piece of hardware of the first rocket to fly humans around the moon in decades arrived in Florida this week.

A manikin flying onboard NASA’s first Artemis flight around the moon will be named for an electrical engineer who helped the Apollo 13 astronauts survive their perilous spaceflight.

NASA's Orion spacecraft to launch its first mission later this year

A recently discovered fault in the agency’s Orion capsule has engineers troubleshooting solutions that could impact the timing of its test flight, currently scheduled for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center next November. Though the PDU itself still works, what is essentially part of its backup system is out of the picture. The three-week test will see the 16-foot-diameter capsule launch on SLS, orbit the moon for six days, then return for splashdown off the California coast. In its July report, the OIG said continuing to produce Orion capsules for all Artemis missions before certain milestones are complete, like Artemis I, poses serious risks. Last month’s discovery of the PDU issue appears to reinforce their position.

Mars will appear brighter than at any other point during the year on Oct. 13, when it will be closest to Earth. “So, a little over every two years, Mars and Earth are closest together in their orbits and, thus, Mars is at its brightest in our nighttime sky. (© 2012 Michael Orso)Blue moon on HalloweenFor the first time since 2001, trick-or-treaters will get the chance to experience a Halloween full moon. A blue moon, by the most popular definition, according to Gross, is when two full moons appear in a single month. “We will have full moons on Oct. 1 and 31, so that means that we’ll have a blue moon on Halloween,” Gross said.