Last Friday evening, NASA's Artemis II mission came to an exciting end as the Orion spacecraft splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. The mission marked the first time in 53 years that astronauts have traveled around the moon. Its success brings NASA one step closer to its goal of sending humans to the moon again.
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On Monday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission became the first humans to go behind the moon in over 50 years. The four astronauts on the mission are now on their way home, after traveling farther away from Earth than anyone ever has before. The spaceship is expected to splash down on Friday.
NASA is preparing for a historic space launch that could take astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972. The flight, called Artemis II, is a key step in NASA's plan to return to the moon. The launch is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. tonight, New York time.
On Sunday, a company called Firefly Aerospace became the first private company to make a perfect landing on the moon. Firefly is working with NASA, and its spacecraft, Blue Ghost, is carrying out several experiments for the space agency.
India's space agency, ISRO, has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. It's the first time any country has safely landed at the moon's south pole. The landing is a huge success for India, which has been working on the project for years.
In early April, NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will become the first people in over 50 years to go to the moon. NASA's Artemis II mission is set to take the astronauts on a trip around the Moon in late 2024 or early 2025.
The European Space Agency is working with NASA to create a shared time system for the moon. The new system will be needed as more and more missions to the moon are planned.
NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down safely on Sunday, successfully completing the space agency's Artemis I mission around the moon. In other moon news, a private Japanese company launched a lunar lander that will deliver a rover and a robot to the moon.
Yesterday, NASA's massive SLS rocket blasted off, sending the spacecraft Orion on its way to the moon. It's the first flight of NASA's Artemis project, which will later send astronauts to the moon. The current flight is testing the safety of several systems.
Scientists at the University of Florida have grown plants in soil that came from the Moon. The plants didn't grow as well as those grown in dirt from Earth, but the experiment marks an important step toward growing plants on the Moon.
In today's news roundup, failed peace talks between Russia and Ukraine may help protect civilians, Major League Baseball delays the start of the baseball season, and a huge piece of an old rocket slams into the far side of the moon.