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NASA’s Artemis Mobile Launcher rolls into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, Dec. 9. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky. The mobile launch platform for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at …

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The splashdown occurred 50 years to the day of NASA’s Apollo 17 moon landing, the last astronaut mission to touch down on the lunar surface. “Splashdown! From Tranquility Base to Taurus- …

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The end is in sight for NASA’s historic Artemis 1 mission to the moon, which will return its Orion spacecraft to Earth on Sunday (Dec. 11) with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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In an unexpected but richly-symbolic coincidence, the end of the Artemis 1 mission, expected at 12:39 p.m., will come 50 years to the day after the final Apollo moon landing in 1972.

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The White House has congratulated NASA on the success of its epic moon mission. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who also chairs the National Space Council, praised the agency and its partners for their work on the successful Artemis 1 mission to the …

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Artemis 1’s uncrewed Orion capsule is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California Sunday around 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT). You can …

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This year the Geminids have been active since Dec. 4, and will end on Dec. 17. During this period, the best way to see plenty of meteors is to view the sky when the viewing location is pointed towards the shower’s radiant point, found in the constellation …

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The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions — is coming to an end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft is expected to make an ocean splashdown Sunday.

The New York Times

The Orion spacecraft, which is to carry astronauts to and from the moon in coming years, will splash down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday after a test flight with no crew aboard. Give this articleGive this articleGive this article. Image. Credit…NASA.

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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight spacecraft, a small briefcase-size CubeSat that could break new ground in the search for water ice on the moon, is hitching a ride to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket along with the privately-developed Hakuto-R moon lander …