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Missions
Three Months After Circling the Moon, the Artemis II Crew Comes Home to Kennedy
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen returned to Kennedy Space Center on July 8 for the first time since their record-breaking lunar flyby, and used the visit to start handing off lessons to the Artemis III crew.
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CRS-34 Dragon Heads Home With Bioprinted Tissue and Cancer-Research Cargo
SpaceX's CRS-34 Dragon undocked from the ISS on June 16 and splashed down off California early June 17, carrying thousands of pounds of finished experiments — bioprinted organ tissue, DNA-inspired cancer materials, cryogenic fuel data and more.
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What Artemis II Taught NASA: Real Orion Flight Data Now Shapes the Moon-to-Mars Blueprint
Real Orion flight data from Artemis II is now directly shaping NASA's Moon-to-Mars architecture, as engineers apply lessons from Johnson Space Center's Ion venue to systems that will define how humans reach the Moon — and eventually Mars.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns From ISS With Bioprinted Tissues and Cancer Research Data
SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule undocked from the ISS on June 16, returning nearly 6,500 pounds of research including bioprinted organ tissues, cancer treatment compounds, and critical stem cell samples requiring immediate ground analysis.
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Missions
Artemis is more than a Moon landing. It's a permanent outpost architecture. Here's the full picture.
Artemis is NASA's plan for sustained human presence near the Moon: a Gateway station in lunar orbit, commercial landers for surface access, the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, and a base camp at the south pole. The architecture is ambitious, politically contingent, and unlike anything attempted in the Apollo era.
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Still to Fly in 2026: Roman, a Moon-Lander Wave, India's Crew Capsule Test, and Japan's Phobos Grab
Artemis II is done — but 2026's manifest isn't. NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches August 30, four lunar landers chase year-end windows, Gaganyaan-1 rehearses India's first crewed flight, and JAXA's MMX departs for Phobos. What's still scheduled, what slipped, and which dates to believe.
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The long road back to the Moon
With Artemis II flown and a crewed landing now planned for Artemis IV in 2028, NASA's return to the Moon has shifted from promise to schedule. Here is where the program actually stands, and the dependency that still governs its timeline.
