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NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard launches on the Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. The quartet launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

We’re Going Back: Dancing in Lunar Orbit

November 2, 2026 — 0 Comments

Two connected space station modules with solar panels orbiting Earth, with the Milky Way and a distant planet in the background

We’re Going Back: Gas Stations in Space

October 5, 2026 — 0 Comments

NASA concept image of the Artemis Human Landing System on the Moon’s surface with astronauts nearby and Earth visible in the distance.

We’re Going Back: The Missing Piece

September 7, 2026 — 0 Comments

AI-generated image of fallen astronauts from Apollo 1, Soyuz 1, Challenger, and Columbia standing together in spacesuits as ghostly figures on the Moon, holding hands near a lunar landing site with Earth visible in the background.

We’re Going Back: The Cost of the Moon Shot

August 3, 2026 — 0 Comments

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is seen as the agency’s Landing and Recovery team, along with U.S. Navy personnel work to recover the spacecraft into the well deck of USS John P. Murtha in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

We’re Going Back: The Ship That Brings Them Home

July 6, 2026 — 0 Comments

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they arrive at Launch Pad 39B, Friday, March 20, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth with launch opportunities beginning in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

We’re Going Back: The Rocket That Has to Deliver

June 1, 2026 — 0 Comments

Lunar surface stretching from deep shadow into sunlight with Earth rising above the horizon in the blackness of space.

We’re Going Back

May 4, 2026 — 0 Comments