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NASA to test high-stakes new moon rocket next week, 50 years after Apollo

Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top. The 322-foot rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots. If all goes well, astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon, with NASA aiming to land two people on the lunar surface by the end of 2025. Liftoff is set for Monday morning from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The six-week test flight is risky and could be cut short if something fails, NASA officials warn. We're going to stress it and test it. We're going make it do things that we would never do with a crew on it in order to try to make it as safe as possible, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The retired founder of George Washington University's space policy institute said a lot is riding on this trial run. Spiraling costs and long gaps betwe

NASA gives approval for uncrewed Moon mission launch on August 29

Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond

Nasa delays mission to study ice & water on lunar surface to 2024

NASA has delayed its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission aimed to study the lunar surface's ice and other potential resources by 2024

Earth to witness biggest supermoon of the year today: Check details

The supermoon be visible for the next three days and people across the world would be able to see till Friday morning, according to Nasa

Can China claim the moon as NASA head warned, space scholars explain

In 2019, China became the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon. That same year, China and Russia announced joint plans to reach the South Pole of the Moon by 2026

NASA says lost contact with spacecraft on way to test moon orbit

NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem

NASA delays launch of microwave sized cube to Moon over system checks

US space agency NASA has delayed the scheduled launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon over systems checks

50 years on, Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke still ''excited'' by space

Duke, 86, is one of four surviving moonwalkers from the Apollo program, taking Apollo 16 to the lunar surface in 1972

India, with lunar odyssey planned this year, is among many looking moonward

The Chinese already have robotic probes on the moon, including a lander-rover set on the dark side

SpaceX wins $2.9 billion NASA contract to build commercial moon lander

NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday

Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket successfully passes critical 'hot fire' test

NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme

US: NASA administrator departs, Joe Biden may pick a woman to lead

President Biden is expected to pick a woman to fill the NASA administrator role, which has only been occupied by men since the agency's founding in 1958

Indian-American among 18 astronauts selected for NASA's Moon mission

Indian-American Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is among the 18 astronauts selected by NASA for its manned mission to the Moon

NASA picks 18 astronauts including the first-ever woman to set foot on Moon

NASA has named the 18 astronauts half of them women who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme

Botany, cancer research to widen in space as Resilience lifts off on Sunday

Nasa, SpaceX will begin the commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit as Crew-1 with four astronauts lift off later this month

Water on Moon: Nasa confirms first direct evidence; see in pictures

The discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places

Nokia wins $14.1 million NASA contract to set up 4G network on Moon

The company intends for the network to support wireless operation of lunar rovers and navigation, as well as streaming video

NASA announces Artemis Plan to land first woman, next man on moon in 2024

NASA shared an update to its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plan to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024

Is the Moon drifting away from Earth? Laser beams unravel a new mystery

By measuring how long it takes laser light to return to Earth - about 2.5 seconds on average - researchers calculate the distance between Earth laser stations and Moon reflectors

Moon, Mars Mission: Here's how you can participate in 8-month Nasa program

Are you in social isolation? Why not be paid for it. Nasa is in search for participants for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for its missions to Mars and the moon