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NASA advances Mars mission groundwork as Artemis program ramps up

Four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — are circling Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft right now, and the data streaming back from their Artemis II mission is already reshaping NASA’s plans for the Moon and Mars.

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Why are we going back to the moon? NASA Artemis campaign targets Mars

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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

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Artemis II astronauts discuss historic moon mission, future exploration and stunning Earth photos

NASA's Artemis II astronauts, including Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, reveal details of their historic lunar orbit mission.

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Artemis II Astronauts Reveal Favorite Moments From Moon Mission

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WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Artemis II astronauts

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Artemis II astronauts on their out-of-this-world mission: 'Adventure of a lifetime'

"We really wanted that, and it's great to see that it happened."

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WATCH: Trump talks about Putin call, Comey indictment as he welcomes Artemis II astronauts to the White House

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Watch live: President Trump welcomes the Artemis II astronauts to the White House

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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could be trapped in rock samples that NASA no longer has the budget to collect.

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Experts push back against cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project

BOULDER, Colorado — The existing NASA-European Space Agency effort to establish a Mars Sample Return program is slated to be discontinued. That's the word according to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, a "minibus ...

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Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say

"The Chinese may well beat the U.S. with a grab sample." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!