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NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for future moon landing

NASA taps US, Italian astronauts for Artemis mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft

June 9 - NASA on Tuesday named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a spacecraft docking demonstration in Earth's orbit next year that will test landers from Elon Musk's SpaceX…

Can NASA Really Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028?

Experts have been hopeful, but say the agency’s lunar aspirations are largely at the whims of two billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

SpaceX IPO explained: The price is set, but retail allocation still up in the air

Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Robinhood, SoFi and Morgan Stanley's E-Trade are among the brokerage platforms making SpaceX shares available.

Do black holes do more than devour matter?

The supermassive one at the centre of our galaxy is surprisingly windy — spitting material out as well as taking it in

A Scientific Achievement That’s Totally Random

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.

Anthropic brings Mythos to the masses with Claude Fable 5, its most powerful generally available model ever

Anthropic today launched two new AI models — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — marking the company’s first broad release of the powerful “Mythos-class” AI capabilities it previously kept behind a restricted cybersecurity program. The…

3 Americans, 1 Italian named as Artemis III crew

NASA announced the astronauts who will be part of the next Artemis mission, slated for next year. Questions remain about how realistic the timelines are, given recent setbacks to a private partner, Blue Origin.

Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing

Nasa on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon. The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon…

Firefly CEO Sees Moon Mission Boom

Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim joins Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about why the space economy is entering a major growth phase, powered by NASA’s moon-base ambitions, rising national security demand, and the need for reliable rocket…

‘Earth’s first starfleet’: Nasa reveals Artemis III crew and project’s next steps

Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing on Artemis IV in 2028 Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of “Earth’s first starfleet” on Tuesday as he revealed the Artemis…

NASA’s moon-base plans are off to a slow start.