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Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also will be serving as both scientists and volunteer research subjects, completing a suite of experiments that will […]
Posted September 11, 2025
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal.
Posted July 29, 2024
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