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Artemis 2 astronauts will double as human science experiments on their trip around the moon

Artemis 2 astronauts will be the subjects of nearly as many experiments as they'll be performing during their trip around the ...

NASA puts in an order with Blue Origin to work on sending VIPER rover to moon’s south pole

NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture to help it resurrect a mission to send a robotic prospector called ...

NASA selects Blue Origin to take the once-canceled VIPER rover to the moon

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help ...
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'We're really on a different trajectory': How NASA's Artemis moon missions aim to prepare us for Mars

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

Earth Has a New ‘Quasi-Moon,’ and It May Be Very Tiny

Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...
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See the crescent moon take flight with Venus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in ...
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VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the ...
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The Science Museum's New Space Gallery Is Very Good And Very... Purple

The Science Museum reopens its star attraction. Any kid who ever went to London's Science Museum — going generations back — ...
New Scientist

Lunar missions may contaminate the moon with hardy Earth microbes

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...
Scientific American

Your Name Could Orbit the Moon with NASA’s Artemis II

The Artemis II mission is part of NASA’s plan to resume deep-space exploration. In the Artemis I flight in 2022, an SLS ...
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Blue Origin to land NASA’s VIPER rover at Moon’s south pole under $190M contract

The space agency announced Friday that Blue Origin will deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover to the ...

The Shocking Twist in the Search for Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has long dazzled scientists with its icy plumes that spew water and mysterious organic molecules into space, fueling hopes of a habitable ocean beneath. But new experiments ...