mission

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The official purpose of this mission is to put people inside Orion and find out what happens - not just to the spacecraft, but to the interaction between crew and machine.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Speaking with AFP, Gibbons describes the impact of the journey -- more than half a century since the first mission to the Moon:

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Regardless of cost, so far, the mission has been a resounding success.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The possibility of him suiting up in Wolverine yellow, sorry, maize and blue makes me want to sign onto the next Artemis mission, so long as it abandons me on Pluto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“If it makes you feel any better,” said Roz, “I am on a mission to stop the poison tide.”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown