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Meet the 4 astronauts flying on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission

A brief introduction to Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.

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Meet Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut on board Artemis 2 moon mission

Learn all about Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will fly on the historic Artemis 2 moon mission with three NASA colleagues.

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Four for the moon! NASA names Artemis 2 astronaut crew for 1st lunar mission since Apollo

NASA has named its first moon crew in over 50 years. The agency announced Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA and Canada's Jeremy Hansen as the Artemis 2 crew.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

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These Celestron SkyMaster binoculars are up to 47% off

The Celestron SkyMaster 20x80 binoculars are ideal for stargazing and are now 47% off, we've spotted the pro model on sale too.

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Launch of private moon rover this year will kick off lunar Bitcoin treasure hunt

LunarCrush plans to send a Bitcoin bounty to the moon aboard Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover in 2023.

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'Return of the Jedi' 40th anniversary sees Lando and Stormtroopers get their own 'Star Wars' comics

Marvel Comics is releasing "Star Wars: Lando #1" and "Star Wars: The Empire #1" for "Return of the Jedi's" 40th anniversary this year.

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Extremely flat cosmic explosion dubbed 'the Cow' defies explanation

A bizarre object called "the Cow" is the flattest explosion ever detected, and the first example of a rare phenomenon called a fast blue optical transient (FBOT).

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Why will NASA's Artemis 2 only fly around the moon, not orbit or land?

NASA landed 12 astronauts on the moon during the Apollo program more than half a century ago. So why is the upcoming Artemis 2 mission just doing a lunary fly-around?

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Netflix’s 'Gears of War' film gains traction with 'Dune' and 'Prometheus' screenwriter Jon Spaihts

"Dune" and "Prometheus" screenwriter Jon Spaihts signs on to Netflix’s "Gears of War" movie.

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Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley joins Busch Light's Earth Month campaign to save the planet for beer

Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley aims to help save Earth for beer in a lighthearted new video for Busch Light's Earth Month campaign.

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Colliding Taffy Galaxies create a sweet 'cosmic butterfly' (video)

A collision of two galaxies appears like a vast cosmic butterfly, or a giant piece of candy, to the eyes of one of the world's most powerful telescopes.

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The eyes have it! Focus on microgravity's impact on astronaut vision

Scientists and space agencies are working to develop ways to mitigate the microgravity-induced changes to the human eye that astronauts experience while in space.

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Who is Bo-Katan Kryze?

The fearless Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze is playing a huge role in The Mandalorian season 3, but what’s her full history? Here’s everything you should know.

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Building the space age: Acknowledging skilled workers

Only rarely do we see or hear about skilled tradespeople receiving the accolades they so rightfully deserve within the space community, and we feel that this is an injustice that must be rectified.

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April delights: Mercury, Venus and the Pleiades put on a sky show this month

From now through mid-April, Venus will help you to identify the normally hard-to-find planet Mercury. And along the way, Venus will have a striking interaction with the Pleiades star cluster.

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Best space pranks: From space apes to smuggled sandwiches

Explore some of the best pranks carried out in space. From rogue gorillas to smuggled sandwiches, we discover the lighter side of space exploration.

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Artemis 2's Canadian astronaut got their moon mission seat with 'potato salad'

It took four years of negotiations for Canada to get a seat aboard Artemis 2, the mission that will send four astronauts around the moon in 2024. Here's how it happened.

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Son's design for astronaut dad's mission patch put into production 40 years later

A sketch that NASA astronaut Mike Mullane's son drew as a possible patch design for his 1984 space shuttle mission has been made into a new embroidered emblem.

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UAE Mars orbiter creates stunning new map of the Red Planet

A new map of Mars shows the Red Planet in stunning detail, revealing a wealth of fascinating geological features as seen from orbit.

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SpaceX Starship will launch this new private moon rover in 2026 (video)

A new lunar rover built by Astrolab will launch on an upcoming SpaceX Starship mission to the moon as early as 2026.

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