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Artemis II vs. Apollo: Why this mission loops the moon but doesn't land

NASA's Artemis II crew prepares for a historic lunar flyby aboard the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket, traveling farther into space than any humans since Apollo.

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How will Artemis 2 be different from NASA's Apollo moon missions?

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Artemis II live tracker, day 6: Track NASA's moon mission

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‘Payoff day’: Jenni Gibbons on watching Artemis II crew make lunar history

The Artemis II mission has at times left Jenni Gibbons feeling tense — and tired.

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Artemis II astronauts speak with President Trump after moon flyby

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Artemis II mission offers a live view of planetary science in action

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Artemis II mission: NASA drops breathtaking new photos of the moon

The milestone occurred around 7 p.m. Monday, when the Orion spacecraft flew over 406,000 km from Earth during its flyby of the moon, surpassing the previous record set by the Apollo 13 crew of 400,171...

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Artemis II astronauts break records and take in unprecedented views in historic moon flyby

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Highlights: Artemis II astronauts circle the moon on record-breaking NASA mission

Jim Lovell, Artemis and Apollo 13

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Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell sends message to Artemis II before flyby

The Artemis II astronauts received a posthumous message from Apollo-era astronaut Jim Lovell.

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Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell's message to Artemis II: 'Welcome to my old neighborhood'

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Late Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell recorded wake-up message for Artemis II astronauts before his death

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Artemis II astronauts make history, break 56-year-old Apollo 13 distance record

The astronauts will soon conduct a lunar flyby that will make them the first humans to see some parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye.

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Artemis II astronauts break Apollo 13 spaceflight record, view solar eclipse

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Artemis II sails through trip around the moon after surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record

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Brown University professor who worked on Apollo missions praises Artemis II: "It's just inspirational"

Jim Head helped train Apollo astronauts and select lunar landing sites for the missions.

Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse

In an especially riveting retro throwback, Artemis II shattered the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. NASA’s Orion capsule reached a maximum distance of 252,756 miles (406,771 kilometers) from Earth before hanging a U-turn behind the moon, 4,101 miles (6,600 kilometers) farther than Apollo 13.

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"Eerie" parallel drawn between Artemis 2 and Apollo 8

The "very eerie" parallel was drawn between the NASA missions as tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and Iran.

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What happened to Apollo 13? 'Houston, we've had a problem'

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.