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NASA names Artemis III crew

NASA announces the astronauts for the next Artemis mission. Here's what they'll be doing.

Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way for a future moon landing.

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NASA addresses criticism over all-male crew selected for Artemis III test mission

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NASA reveals Artemis III crew that will take the next big step on its journey back to the moon

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NASA's moon plans hinge on Artemis III. Here's a look at the crew

Artemis III will test docking capabilities in 2027 with commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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Artemis III is 'starting to set the stage' for what to expect the future to look like: NASA admin

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NASA reveals Artemis 3 astronauts for critical moon lander test flight

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NASA Taps Test Pilots and a Space Station Record-Breaker for Next Artemis Mission

Artemis III will be led by mission commander Randy Bresnik, a retired Marine Corps colonel who became a NASA astronaut in 2004, officials said Tuesday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Former band director speaks on Chesapeake native being selected for Artemis III space mission

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University of Tennessee grad commanding Artemis III means 10 alums have been to space

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From D-Day to NASA: How science forged the Space Coast’s rise

A new film reveals how D-Day forecasts shaped Eisenhower—and how that moment still drives NASA and science on the Space Coast today.

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NASA’s Artemis II mission unlocks new insights into lunar science and human health

NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis II mission is reshaping our understanding of both the Moon and human spaceflight. On April 6, the crew spent nearly seven hours observing lunar features during Orion’s closest approach to the Moon,

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NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence

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“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is complex. It is not necessarily the money. The space agency’s science budget this year is $7.

NASA wastewater system will turn human poop into plant food

Waste management in space has come a long way since the first moon missions. Back in the 1960s, NASA Apollo astronauts left behind 96 bags of human waste (filled with poop, urine, and vomit) on the lunar surface to save weight. Those bags are almost certainly still there.

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NASA fails to reestablish contact, decommissions MAVEN

After six months of silence and a failed recovery effort, NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission. The fragmented telemetry that sealed its fate revealed a spacecraft spinning out of control.

NASA study finds wildfires add to ground-level ozone pollution

Wildfires have offset nearly four years of ozone-control progress nationwide, with larger setbacks in the West and Midwest.

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After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II

NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The global array of deep space communications antennas couldn’t keep up with the routine demands of 40 robotic science missions and the extraordinary surge required by NASA’s Orion space capsule as it flew around the Moon.