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NASA’s crewed Mars mission may launch sooner than you think

NASA’s long-promised journey to Mars has often sounded like a hazy promise, safely parked in the “sometime in the 2030s” ...

NASA to launch 2 missions in February. Here’s where they’re going

NASA will launch two crewed missions in early February, sending astronauts to the ISS to prepare for Mars missions and another crew to orbit the moon.

Crew-12 launch, Artemis II delayed and Musk's big shift: Space Beat

This week on Space Beat, our team discusses the schedule dance between Crew-12 and Artemis II and Elon Musk's shift from Mars ...

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue has become especially acute with the recent loss of NASA’s MAVEN ...

NASA preps for wet dress rehearsal. When is the Artemis launch date?

NASA's Artemis 2, the 1st crewed flight to the moon in 5 decades, could launch as early as Feb. 6. First, the rocket will ...