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NASA Names Artemis III Crew for 2027 Orbital Dress Rehearsal

The flight will validate Orion docking with two commercial lunar-lander prototypes to reduce technical risk before a planned 2028 crewed lunar landing.

Artemis II Heat Shield Shows Reduced Damage in First NASA Review

Two Candidate Sites for Long‑Lost Luna 9 Flagged in LRO Images by AI and Crowdsourced Sleuthing

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

MAVEN Still Silent as Data Point to Unexpected Spin and Possible Orbit Change

NASA Scales Back Dream Chaser ISS Deal, Requiring Free‑Flight Demo and Dropping Guaranteed Missions