NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad
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Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
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Why NASA is building a space station around the moon
NASA isn’t building a space station around the Moon by accident. The Gateway project, combined with SLS and Artemis, is part of a long-term strategy to extend human presence beyond Earth and prepare for deeper space missions.
Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.
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NASA Plans to Set First Nuclear Reactor on the Moon — But Two Major Countries Are Also in the Race
Besides setting up nuclear reactors on the moon, the project will also start development of a lunar surface reactor by 2030.
NASA’s Gateway is coming to life with a solar-powered spacecraft built to light it up—and move it around the Moon.
Moon dust is sharp, corrosive, and potentially fatal. NASA’s new electric force field shield is designed to blast it away.
Slowed by four main parachutes in predawn darkness, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft descended and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Jan. 15, wrapping up NASA's first-ever astronaut medical evacuation from the International Space Station.