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Artemis II Crew Returned to Earth Safely — What's Next for NASA's Moon Exploration Program?

Learn about the future of NASA's Artemis program after Artemis II, including plans to land on the Moon and begin building a lunar base in 2028.

73 moon landings? NASA's 'Moon Base User's Guide' reveals the agency's 'most ambitious space project' will be fraught with challenges

NASA has released a 'Moon Base User's Guide' that reveals the major gaps the agency and its partners must fill in to land and live on the moon.

NASA’s New Moon Base Plan Explains Why It’s Going Back To The Moon

NASA unveils a bold $20 billion plan to return to the moon, build a lunar base, expand commercial space activity and launch nuclear-powered missions to Mars by 2028.

Washington state native leads NASA’s Orion program for Artemis missions to the Moon

NASA’s Orion program is being led by a Washington state native who is helping shape the next phase of the agency’s push to return humans to the moon.

NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power in bid to meet Trump’s space policy

In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years, 12 NASA astronauts walked on the moon before the Apollo program,