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NASA's Artemis I moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.

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The launch of NASA's giant moon rocket is delayed after an issue with its engine

9:55am August 29, 2022

by Scott Neuman

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Friday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.

Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site.

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NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

7:01am August 28, 2022

by Scott Neuman

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

A woman drives through floodwater during heavy rainfall in Miami. A new study predicts that high tide flooding in coastal areas could increase in frequency because of climate change and the lunar cycle in the mid-2030s.

A Study Predicts Record Flooding In The 2030s, And It's Partly Because Of The Moon

6:27pm July 14, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Researchers say high tide flooding in U.S. coastal regions will become more frequent in the mid-2030s because of climate change, amplified by a routine wobble in the moon's orbit.

The massive core stage for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for the core stage Green Run test series.

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NASA To Test Rocket In The Next Step Towards Returning To The Moon

1:28pm March 17, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.

An artist's rendering of NASA's Space Launch System. NASA's plans to return people to the moon by 2024 include launching a craft with this system.

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A Moon Landing In 2024? NASA Says It'll Happen; Others Say: No Way

1:27pm February 07, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The Trump administration keeps repeating that the U.S. will return humans to the moon in 2024. That may be technically possible, but only if the money appears and if everything goes perfectly.

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A so-called "blood moon" seen during a total lunar eclipse in western Germany, on Sept. 28, 2015.

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Heads-Up For Sunday, A Super 'Blood Moon' Is On The Way

9:50pm January 17, 2019

by Ian Stewart

Not only will the moon be particularly close to Earth, but it will also be bathed in a reddish light just before midnight Eastern time.

An annual space law moot court competition imagines a future legal case set in space, where issues of liability and sovereignty can get extra complicated.

An Accident On The Moon, Young Lawyers To The Rescue

5:23pm September 22, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Each year, law students argue hypothetical, futuristic case that takes place in space. This year, it's about who pays when two machines collide on the moon.

Watching the eclipse? Save your eyeballs — rig up a sweet viewing set-up with some help from this video.

The Earth won't enjoy total solar eclipses forever because the moon is moving farther away, so it looks smaller and smaller over time.