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NASA’s 1st moon mission in over 50 years

Artemis 2 mission update: Rollout imminent as NASA prepares first crewed Artemis mission to the moon

NASA's Artemis 2 rollout could be as early as this weekend as the space agency makes final preparations for its first crewed Artemis moon mission.

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NASA returns humans to deep space after over 50 years with February Artemis II Moon mission

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NASA chief shares vision of 'teeing up series of grand Artemis missions' to moon

NASA space station Crew-11 medical evacuation

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A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early

NASA announced it would bring the four members of its Crew-11 mission back to Earth early.

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NASA weighs cutting short International Space Station mission due to astronaut medical issue

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What is Crew-11? What to know about astronauts leaving space station early

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NASA Space Station Medical Evacuation of Astronauts Gets Underway

Four astronauts have closed their spacecraft hatch and are leaving the outpost about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.

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NASA set to bring astronaut (and the rest of Crew-11) home early for medical reasons

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Four astronauts depart the International Space Station in NASA’s first medical evacuation from orbit

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Astronauts to leave space station for medical evac. Photos of Crew-11

After one of the Crew-11 astronauts experienced what NASA called a "medical concern," the space agency made the decision to cut the mission short and return all four of them to Earth.

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Inside Crew-11 Astronauts’ Final Days On ISS Before Medical Evacuation

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SpaceX Crew-11 to leave ISS today, to splash down Thursday

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ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE mission to test debris-removal techniques

MILAN — The European Space Agency and Luxembourg’s ClearSpace announced Jan. 12 a new collaboration on an in-orbit servicing and active debris removal mission called PRELUDE, one that will involve two small spacecraft designed to test close-proximity operations and could eventually enable satellite life extension, repair and removal in orbit.

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Cincinnati students build satellite bound for NASA space mission

The completion and handoff of the LEOPARDSat-1 to NASA marks Ohio's first-ever fully student-led mission to space.

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SpaceX’s Twilight rideshare mission launches from Vandenberg

Fresh off a record-shattering launch cadence in 2025, SpaceX successfully launched its first rideshare mission of 2026 from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the central California coast. This rideshare was the first of its kind for SpaceX, and not part of the Transporter or Bandwagon series.

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ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch

A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.

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Astronaut captures aurora from space days before mission set to end

Yui is part of Crew-11, which will depart the ISS ahead of schedule due to one of the astronauts experiencing a "medical concern," according to NASA. The departure will bring the joint NASA and SpaceX mission to an early end.

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway stars. From its perch a million miles from Earth, Webb’s huge gold-coated mirror collects more light than any other telescope put into space.

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From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative feats.