4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway

NASA approaches the next phase of its deep space return program. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since ...
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New Moon Lander to Carry Human Knowledge, In Case Humans Blow Themselves Up

Any mission heading to the surface of the Moon needs to succeed, first and foremost, a lander. That would be the piece of technology that delivers whatever experiments and gear its operators send up ...
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Watch How Russia's Luna-25 Lunar Lander Crashed In Moon, Ending Mission

Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage and animation courtesy: Roscosmos | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
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A Japan-based company will attempt to land on the moon. Here’s why its lander spent months, not days, in space

(CNN) — Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it ...
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Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why

(CNN) — Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it ...
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A Japan-based company will attempt to land on the moon. Here’s why its lander spent months, not days, in space | International | wkow.com

(CNN) — Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it ...