Inside NASA’s Artemis mission to moon
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The next U.S. trip to the moon isn't about planting a flag. It's about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations,
The moon rush is on: Artemis II is ready to fly, as Musk, Bezos and NASA race to make the lunar economy a reality.
In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.
The new initiative includes a base on the moon, a nuclear-powered flight to Mars and a replacement for the ISS.
New measurements from the Blue Ghost lander suggest that thin crust, not just radioactive heating, shaped the moon’s dark lava plains.