Lisa Grossman

astronomy reporter at Science News

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NASA’s new moon rocket, Artemis 1, was expected to launch today, but the space agency scrapped the unmanned mission. It’s expected to try again on Friday.

Why does NASA want to send humans back to the moon? Politics

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