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This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and capturing views of the far side of the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA […]

April 11, 2026 at 05:30AM
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NASA engineers altered the descent trajectory for Artemis II to reduce heat buildup and lower the risk to the capsule and its crew.

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The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday off the coast […]

April 11, 2026 at 05:30AM
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With NASA's historic Artemis II mission concluding its monumental 10-day lunar voyage, the Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5.37 am IST on 11 April Saturday. As the world celebrates the completion of the mission, here's everything you need to know about what it has achieved.

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Description A container of “lucky peanuts” sits above workstations within the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shortly before the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026. Eating peanuts before launches and other major mission events is a longstanding tradition at JPL. The Space Flight Operations Facility operates […]

April 9, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Long working hours may seem unavoidable, but experts warn they can quietly impact heart health, spine, sleep and mental well-being. Here’s how your daily routine could be affecting your body — and what you can do about it.

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Description The Artemis II mission patch appears in the center screen of the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on April 1, 2026, shortly before the mission launched to the Moon. A graphical representation of the antennas of the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN), left, indicates which antennas are […]

April 9, 2026 at 05:30AM
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