FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 20 - Caught on Camera

Nasa is heading back to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. What you need to know about the Artemis mission

10-day journey will be the start of plans for lunar bases and travel to Mars, space agency hopes

The Independent UK · Mar 31

Artemis II launch: NASA gives update on likeliness of historic moon mission

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The Independent UK · Mar 31

Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?”

The Conversation · Mar 31

Artemis II: Countdown under way for first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years

The 10-day test flight will see the team fly around the Moon and back on a 685,000-mile journey

Evening Standard · Mar 30

Britain should be proud of historic Artemis II Moon launch involvement, Tim Peake says

A spacecraft is due to launch on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida which would see astronauts fly around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for Nasa’s Artemis II Moon mission

The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a trajectory that will make them the first humans to travel to the Moon in over half a century.

The Conversation · Mar 30

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presence

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there.

The Conversation · Mar 30

Who are the astronauts piloting historic Artemis II mission to the moon?

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The Independent UK · Mar 30

Where is Goonhilly Earth Station? The communications site helping to track Artemis II mission to the moon

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, will help to track the Orion spacecraft

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Cornish radiocommunication station to support Nasa Moon mission

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, will help to track the Orion spacecraft.

Evening Standard · Mar 30