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First woman on moon mission: NASA’s return to the moon with Christina Koch takes on new meaning with the first female astronaut

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – The mission will take place in April, but NASA astronaut Christina Koch’s colleagues think Women’s History Month is the perfect time to highlight what she’s up to. In April, NASA plans to return to the moon with astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission. One of the crew members is Christina Koch, … Read more

Suni Williams, the NASA astronaut who was stuck at the space station for months, retires within a year of returning

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Cape Canaveral, Florida – Sonny Williams has retired from NASA – one of two astronauts stuck for months on the International Space Station. The space agency announced the news on Tuesday, saying its retirement took effect at the end of December. Butch Wilmore, Williams’ colleague on Boeing’s ill-fated test flight, left NASA last summer. Astronaut … Read more

NASA’s new moon rocket Artemis II moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

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Cape Canaveral, Florida – NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first flyby of the moon in more than half a century. The round trip can start as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its mph (1.6 kph) crawl from the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle … Read more