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

Anticipation builds ahead of this evening's historic moon mission launch, as ITV News’ Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch this evening, humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972.

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Nasa Artemis II Launch Updates: Nasa spacecraft orbits Earth after historic moon mission liftoff

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Artemis: To the Moon and Back

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NASA Prepares for Artemis II Splashdown After Historic Moon Flyby

The mission is seen as a key step toward resuming crewed lunar landings.

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Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from Moon toward Pacific splashdown

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'It's beyond expectation': actor Noah Wyle receives Hollywood star

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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is focusing on its return to Earth

Friday’s splashdown will last just 13 minutes from reentry into Earth’s upper atmosphere to landing in the Pacific Ocean.

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Watch live: NASA outlines Artemis II progress as mission wraps up

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Artemis II crew set to splashdown off Southern California after historic moon mission

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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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Track Artemis II live: See where NASA’s Orion spacecraft is right now

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Artemis II: We put your questions to Nasa astronauts

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US DOJ opens probe into NFL over anticompetitive practices: source

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League has engaged in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers, according to a source familiar with the ma...

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Why NASA sent ‘organ chips’ of the Artemis II crew into space

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Melania Trump denies Epstein connection in rare address

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NASA craft that crashed into asteroid also altered orbit of 2nd space rock

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If an asteroid ever needs to be diverted from a collision course with Earth, a future planetary defense mission may resemble a test NASA pulled off four years ago. In 2022, NASA's DART ...

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Leon Bibb: As Artemis II orbits the moon, it evokes memories of global unity during the Apollo 11 era

As NASA's Artemis II embarks on a historic lunar mission with four astronauts orbiting the moon, memories of Apollo 11's landmark achievement resurface.

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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 Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Estimated to measure some 41 feet across, the asteroid known as “2025 XF1” is projected to come as close as 195,000 miles from our planet on Saturday, according to NASA’s ...

NASA Sends Humans Beyond Earth Orbit For First Time Since 1972

After orbiting Earth, NASA’s Artemis II mission has begun its journey to the moon after a dramatic trans-lunar injection.

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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 images show Saturn rings up close

NASA released new images of Saturn's rings showing "unprecedented detail." The images were captured by the Cassini spacecraft while it made ring-grazing orbits around the planet. The orbits began on Nov. 30, 2016, and will finish in April. NASA plans on ...

Artemis II crew flies around the Moon

The Artemis II mission is now headed back to Earth after a historic loop around the Moon. Artemis will take Americans to the moon for the 1st time since 1972. Why has it been so hard to go back?