After the moon, astronauts look homeward – and outward
After capturing more than 175 gigabytes of data during this week's lunar flyby, the crew of NASA's Artemis 2 mission turned their cameras toward the heavens — and turned their hearts toward home.
Pilot Victor Glover told journalists during today's space-to-ground news conference that he
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How to watch the Artemis crew fly around the moon
It's prime time for the Artemis 2 mission's historic round-the-moon flyby, which includes setting a new distance record for human travel beyond Earth and laying eyes on a supersized solar eclipse.
The lunar encounter on April 6 will mark the first time astronauts have traveled to the moon since the Apollo
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Orion crosses the halfway point in journey to the moon
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are well past the halfway point in their trip from Earth to the moon — the first such trip in more than 50 years. Today they and the rest of the Artemis team fine-tuned their plans for documenting the crucial lunar fly-around just two days ahead.
The Orion space capsule, christened Integrity, closed wi
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Moon-bound astronauts capture glorious views of Earth
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are sharing full-disk perspectives of Earth that haven't been seen by human eyes for more than 50 years — from a spaceship that's traveling from our home planet to the moon.
Two days after the launch of the crew's Orion space capsule, the first high-resolution photos loo
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Orion moonship fires up its engines to leave Earth behind
NASA's Orion space capsule successfully fired its engines today for a maneuver that sent the crew out of Earth orbit and toward the moon.
The translunar injection burn lasted five minutes and 50 seconds, and committed the spacecraft to a course that will result in a lunar flyby and gravity-
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NASA’s moon rocket returns to launch pad after tune-up
It took longer than expected, but NASA's Space Launch System rocket is back on its launch pad in preparation for sending four astronauts on a historic round-the-moon mission as early as next month.
The 322-foot-tall SLS rocket, topped by NASA's Orion crew capsule, began rolling out from the Vehicl
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Moon rocket goes back to the garage for troubleshooting
NASA rolled the giant rocket that's slated to launch four astronauts on a round-the-moon trip back to its garage today to troubleshoot a problem with its helium pressurization system.
The Space Launch System rocket, topped by an Orion crew capsule, returned to the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Buildi
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Flight log: Blue Origin team leader flies standby to space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more people on a brief suborbital space trip today — including the director of Blue Origin's New Shepard launch operations and training team.
The flight, known as NS-38, was Blue Origin’s 38th New Shepard missi
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/22/flight-log-blue-origin-team-leader-flies-standby-to-space/
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