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NASA runs dress-rehearsal countdown for 1st crewed moonshot in 50+ years

NASA is running a high‑stakes dress‑rehearsal countdown for Artemis II, the first mission to send astronauts toward the Moon in more than half a century. The two‑day test is a full simulation of ...
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This is Countdown, CNN’s newsletter covering NASA’s first time sending humans to deep space in over 50 years

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft sit on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - ...
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The Countdown to the Moon Just Got a Little More Local

Artemis II, currently targeted for 2026, will send astronauts on a crewed mission around the Moon for the first time since 1972. They will not land, but they will travel deep into lunar orbit and ...
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56 years ago, Huntsville-designed Saturn V rocket sent Apollo 10 into space for ‘dress rehearsal’ mission

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...
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Artemis II moves closer to liftoff as NASA tests countdown post repairs

Four astronauts are set to journey beyond moon's far side, potentially breaking the distance record held by Apollo 13.