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How NASA’s ‘cowboys in airplanes’ could help save astronauts

NASA’s powerful Launch Abort System — literally designed to outrun the debris from an exploding rocket and save the lives of astronauts should something go wrong during launch — is the result of years...

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Former NASA astronaut on what Artemis II astronauts will be doing in space

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How NASA Is Keeping the Astronauts Safe During the Artemis II Mission

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NASA Launches Artemis Astronauts on Journey to the Moon

It’s such a beautiful event, and this event can bring this beautiful country together.

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How NASA’s Artemis II mission will unfold over a 10-day lunar journey

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Live: NASA's Artemis II blasts off from Florida as crew begins historic mission toward the moon

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Artemis II heads to Moon: NASA astronauts break free from Earth orbit after 50 years

Glover is the first Black astronaut heading to the lunar space, Koch is the first woman, and Hansen is the first non-American making their journey.

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WATCH LIVE: Artemis 2 astronauts send heartfelt message as they head for moon

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Artemis II astronauts prepare to leave Earth’s orbit and head towards the moon

Chilling final words of Space Shuttle Challenger pilot before explosion killed 7

On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff. Pilot Michael Smith's final words revealed something was very wrong.

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NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its storability and simplicity,

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NASA SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral seen in West Palm Beach

At 5:15 a.m. ET Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 — a Friday the 13th — four crew members from three space agencies, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12, launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liftoff was seen far beyond the launch pad. Nearly two ...

Highlights From the Launch of NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission

A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972.