NASA, Artemis
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The Senate Commerce Committee advanced a revised NASA authorization bill that implements some changes to Artemis sought by the agency.
NASA intends to select United Launch Alliance to provide a critical component for future missions of the agency's moon rocket, replacing planned Boeing-built hardware as costs
But the big picture here is that the US Senate has put out one of its most important pieces of spaceflight legislation in decades: Senators have instructed Isaacman to go fly the Artemis program with all due speed, to do so as he deems best, and to focus on building a Moon base rather than a space station in lunar orbit.
Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams were expecting to spend eight to 10 days in space. They ended up​ remaining in orbit for 286 days.
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is in trouble again after teams discovered a helium issue within the SLS rocket following successful wet dress rehearsal
NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.