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Nasa Is Reportedly Weeks Away From Its Biggest Challenge in Decades: a Manned Mission to the Moon.

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By Jackie Wattles, CNN. The aspiration to return American astronauts to the Moon has been in limbo for decades, as plans have been adopted and rejected by one presidential administration after another. However, in 2026, that goal will take a clearer focus. NASA's Artemis program—an initiative announced in 2017 not only to return astronauts to the Moon, but also to eventually establish a permanent lunar base—is finally about to launch its first c…

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More than half a century after the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, NASA completes the preparations for the Artemis II mission, the first scheduled manned mission of the Orion spacecraft. Artemis 2 will be manned by four astronauts (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen). In this context, NASA has launched the initiative "Send your name with Artemis" ("Send your name with Artemis"). Anyone, regardl…

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By Jackie Wattles, CNN. The aspiration to return American astronauts to the Moon has been in limbo for decades, as plans have been adopted and rejected by one presidential administration after another. However, in 2026, that goal will take a clearer focus. NASA's Artemis program—an initiative announced in 2017 not only to return astronauts to the Moon, but also to eventually establish a permanent lunar base—is finally about to launch its first c…

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The aspiration to return American astronauts to the Moon has been in limbo for decades, because plans have been adopted and rejected from one presidential administration to another. However, in 2026, that goal will take a clearer approach. NASA’s Artemis program — an initiative announced in 2017 not only to return astronauts to the Moon, but also to eventually establish a permanent lunar base — is finally about to launch its first manned flight.…

NASA is about to mark a historic turning point in space exploration. Artemis II, the first manned mission around the Moon for more than five decades, promises to test the technologies that will allow humanity to return to our natural satellite on a sustainable basis. But behind this scientific feat is also a geopolitical dimension: [...]

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
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