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Huge solar flare no threat to Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon, NASA says

A massive X1.4 solar flare won't endanger NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon.

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Here are NASA's Artemis II emergency plans if launch day goes wrong

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Apollo's Impatient Old-Timers Are Rooting for NASA's Return to the Moon With Artemis II Launch

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NASA Artemis II launch countdown begins for April 1 launch

The countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site began moving just before 5 p.m. Monday, March 30, as Artemis II moves toward launch.

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Final preparations underway for the launch of NASA's Artemis II space mission

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Nasa keeping close watch on weather days ahead of Artemis II launch

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Countdown to Artemis II: NASA astronauts prepare for historic lunar mission

The mission will send four astronauts on a flyby mission around the moon.

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Artemis II crew, rocket ready for launch this week in Florida

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Artemis 2 countdown begins as major update issued ahead of NASA moon mission

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NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its storability and simplicity,

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The fuel set to propel NASA's moon crew is notorious for leaking. So why use it?

CAPE CANAVERAL — If all had gone according to plan, four astronauts might have been returning just this week from a history-making, 10-day slingshot trip around the moon. Instead, NASA's engineers have been grappling with the rocket and fuel meant to ...

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How NASA is Collecting Explosion Data for Next Generation Rockets

Commercial launch providers continue to advance propulsion technology with a renewed focus on liquid oxygen and methane propelled rockets and spacecraft. As systems grow in scale, carrying millions of pounds of propellant,