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Four astronauts in bright orange Orion spacesuits pose for an official crew portrait against a muted blue-gray background. Two stand at the back and two sit in front; all hold or rest their hands near their white helmets.

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Meet the astronauts flying on Artemis 3

An artist's illustration of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars, with the spacecraft positioned in the upper left and the rust-colored Martian surface filling the right side of the frame. The spacecraft features a large circular dish, two pairs of extended solar panels, and a long boom extending toward the planet. A star-scattered deep-space background fills the upper left corner.

NASA fails to reestablish contact, decommissions MAVEN

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ISS crew back to normal after emergency shelter order

An artist's illustration of two astronauts in white spacesuits working on the gray lunar surface beside a large cylindrical mobile habitat on wheels, with a smaller open surface vehicle to the right and equipment cases scattered between them, set against a black sky.

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How NASA plans to build a Moon Base

Today in the History of Astronomy

May 18, 1976: The Goddard Visitors Center opens

Today in the History of Astronomy

May 16, 1925: The birth of Nancy Grace Roman

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NASA shares new details on Artemis 3 pre-lunar landing mission

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As it happened: Artemis 2 splashes down, ‘a perfect mission’

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Artemis 2’s heat shield faces critical test on mission’s final day

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How to watch the Artemis 2 splashdown

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How the Artemis astronauts are protected from dangerous space radiation

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Decades after Apollo 8, Jim Lovell’s voice returns to the Moon