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How NASA plans to keep Artemis astronauts alive if disaster strikes

NASA's powerful Launch Abort System, designed to outrun an exploding rocket, is the result of years of work from scientists and engineers across the country, including in Southern California's Mojave Desert.

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Here are NASA's Artemis II emergency plans if launch day goes wrong

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NASA just launched Artemis 2. What happens today could make or break the moon mission

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Liftoff! NASA's mighty Artemis II rocket launches, sending astronauts toward moon

NASA's Artemis II mission is sending four astronauts on a trip around the moon.

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Live Updates: Artemis II Astronauts Are Traveling to the Moon After Engine Burn

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Photos: Artemis II astronauts suit up, head to rocket on launch day

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Artemis II launches from NASA's KSC, Florida: Astronauts off on moon mission

The crew: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will launch from Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center spacecraft atop NASA’s SLS (Spac...

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'Feeling pretty good up here': Artemis II makes critical push out of Earth's orbit towards Moon

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Moon mission astronauts ‘doing great’ and spacecraft performing well, Nasa chief says

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NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its storability and simplicity,

Chilling final words of Space Shuttle Challenger pilot before explosion killed 7

On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff. Pilot Michael Smith's final words revealed something was very wrong.