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Space scientist Farouk El-Baz served as one of the Apollo program’s key scientists, was the founding director of the Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS), and worked on a variety of NASA missions and research projects during

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Space & Aviation

A view of the Moon against the blackness of space.

Artemis II: Geology from Orbit

It wasn’t until Apollo 8 that human eyes first observed the far side of the Moon. NASA astronauts now have another opportunity to observe the geology of the lunar far side during the Artemis II mission.

National Air and Space Museum

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Space & Aviation

Artemis II launching with rocket fire and smoke

Artemis Astronauts Overcome Toilet Trouble and Officially Head Toward the Moon

Houston, we have a potty problem

Smithsonian Magazine

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Space & Aviation

SLS rocket on the mobile launcher. In focus in the photo is a large banner that says LET'S GO and is signed by hundreds of people.

Artemis II’s Long Countdown

A space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon.

National Air and Space Museum

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Space & Aviation

People helping a man in an astronaut suit

An Astronaut’s Sudden Inability to Speak Prompted the ISS’s First Medical Evacuation. Doctors Still Don’t Know What Caused the Issue

The individual who fell ill, NASA’s Mike Fincke, says the medical team is almost certain that the issue was related to being in space

Smithsonian Magazine

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Space & Aviation

In a First, an Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin—Then Reverse Its Rotation

Archival images snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed the unusual event

Smithsonian Magazine

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Space & Aviation

NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Launches, Sending Humans Toward the Moon for the First Time in More Than 50 Years

Four astronauts have begun a ten-day mission in which they’ll loop around the moon, laying the groundwork to put humans on the lunar surface as early as 2028

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a close up of what looks like a sperm cell

Humans Might Struggle to Make Babies in Space. Sperm Gets Disoriented in Microgravity, a New Study Suggests

Simulated near-weightless conditions reduced human sperm’s navigational abilities

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