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'Morale boost': NASA carries out Moon mission during tough year for science
The Artemis II mission marked NASA’s first crewed lunar flyby in about 50 years as the White House proposed a 23% budget cut.
- NASA sent astronauts around the Moon for the first time in half-a-century, marking humanity's deepest space journey to date. Exploration scientist Jacob Bleacher called it a "massive positive moment."
- President Donald Trump pressured NASA to land astronauts on the lunar surface by 2029, yet last week the White House simultaneously proposed slashing the agency's budget by 23 percent and curtailing science funding.
- Mission commander Reid Wiseman said the crew feels "lifted up by the team that supports us," while space policy expert Clayton Swope noted NASA has faced "significant cuts to their workforce."
- The proposed 23 percent reduction significantly curtails NASA's science program funding, compounding a difficult year for United States science marked by halted projects and slashed agency budgets government-wide.
- Bleacher views the mission as "walking through a doorway into how humankind explores the solar system," framing the achievement as a vital generational step forward for space exploration.
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Artemis Moon mission: NASA touches the sky during a tough year for science
Th Artemis mission, a first in fifty years, marks a significant achievement for NASA. Despite budget cuts and workforce reductions, the team's success comes as a major morale boost. The astronauts have acknowledged the extensive support from the ground crew in the endeavour that represents a new era of space exploration for humanity.
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'Morale boost': NASA carries out Moon mission during tough year for science
As the four Artemis astronauts approached a high point of their lunar mission -- getting slung around the far side of the Moon -- NASA staffers crowded into Houston's famed mission control room Monday for a team photo.
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