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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.
A NASA astronaut on the ISS captured the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 2, a mission that aims to bring four astronauts around the moon as soon as Feb. 6.
NASA’s giant new moon rocket, Artemis II, moved to the launch pad Jan. 17, in preparation for astronauts’ first fly-around the moon in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February.
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Roscosmos has signed a contract with NPO Lavochkin for the creation of a Russian lunar power station by 2036 - with an expectation it will necessitate three missions to the Moon in 2033, 2034 and 2035.
If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific would have ventured more than 40 metres from the beach. That is about to change.
The International Space Station is the largest space outpost ever built, but it's not the only one up there and there a more on the way soon.
Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.
The International Space Station is visible from Nevada at certain times. Here’s when to look, where to go and how to track it.