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NASA’s Artemis II mission has revived lunar ambition – and a potential new race between nations. Very different visions now complicate the human future of space.
The high-speed, hypersonic and extremely hot re-entry is the last challenge the Artemis II crew will have to endure on their epic 10-day mission.
Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.
From geology training on Mushuau Innu First Nation territory in Labrador, to a new NASA Science Evaluation Room, Gordon Osinski takes us behind the scenes of Artemis II.
A planetary geologist and member of NASA’s First Artemis Lunar Surface Science Team witnesses the launch of the Artemis II moon rocket.
When nations establish moon bases, the conditions will be difficult to adjust to.
Ground stations in Australia are crucial for contacting the astronauts travelling to the Moon.
NASA’s Artemis II mission took decades of policymaking, engineering and financial support.
It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
A chemical signature in a lunar rock offers new insights into what early oxygen conditions were like on the Moon.
Scott Pace, the head of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the launch of Artemis II crewed mission round the Moon.
Artemis II has been plagued by similar issues to those faced by its predecessor, leading NASA to shake up its plan to return humans to the Moon.
NASA’s new plans for its Artemis moon exploration program reduces risks and increases the likelihood of a successful human mission to the moon’s surface in 2028.
When Muslims arriving in the UK tried to sight the new crescent Moon, they would often struggle – in part due to a very British problem: the cloudy weather.
Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
Gateway is a planned outpost in lunar orbit, but can it survive a current re-think of the Nasa-led Artemis programme?
The mushrooms lived in space for over a month – and could be key to the health of astronauts in the future.
Today, there aren’t just two countries competing to get to the Moon. More countries have space programs, and private industry plays a larger role.
As plans for Moon bases gather pace across the globe, battery science may decide whether humans can live beyond Earth.
Top contributors
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor in Earth and Planetary Science, Western University
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Reader in Astrophysics, Keele University
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, The Open University
