lunar
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This past spring's Artemis 2 mission saw humans conduct a lunar flyby, but the third phase will stay closer to Earth.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Russia is part of a joint China-led lunar base project targeted for the mid-2030s, although sanctions, funding and technical problems make its contribution uncertain.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The primary goals of the trip include testing the abilities of NASA's Orion spacecraft, as well as a rendezvous with lunar landers developed by the private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
This is the vehicle intended to take astronauts from lunar orbit to its surface.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
One picture showed Katherine Johnson sitting at her desk at 1244, pencil in hand, “analyzing lunar trajectories and computing trip time to the Moon and return to Earth by a space vehicle.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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