| |    | | Artist's concept of Phase 3 of NASA's Moon Base. (NASA) | Happy Wednesday, Space Fans! Yesterday was a BIG day for NASA moon news and our top story tells the tale: NASA wants to build a moon base (for real, this time) and will scrap plans for a Gateway space station in lunar orbit to make it happen. Here's how the plan will work.
And that's not all! We're officially 1 week away from the Artemis 2 moonshot, Rocket Lab has hit a snag, and the new space game Exodus is getting weird. See it all below. | | | Space Quiz! How many NASA astronauts will fly on Artemis 2? | | |   | | (Future/NordVPN) | With up to $513 off, a $50 Amazon voucher and four months free, you can watch sci-fi streaming shows and movies like 'Monarch: Legacy of monsters' securely while traveling. | | | | Artemis 2: NASA's next moonshot | |  | | The Artemis 2 stack on the launch pad. | It's official, NASA is now 1 week away from the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972. Here's where things stand right now for an April 1 liftoff. | |  | | (NASA/Future) | As we countdown to the launch of NASA's Artemis 2 mission, it's a great time to learn what the mission is truly about. For that, Space.com is launching our "Inside Artemis 2" series on YouTube to touch on four key aspects of the lunar mission. Today's episode is our Mission Overview. Here's what to expect for Artemis 2. | | |  | | (Starry Night.) | Speaking of the moon, it may not be an Artemis moon rocket, but Jupiter will join our first-quarter phase moon in the night sky tonight as the king of planets continues its night sky domination. Here's where to look to see the picturesque pair. | | |  | | (Rocket Lab) | NASA's Artemis 2 may be just about ready to launch, but one mission that's hit a snag is Rocket Lab's latest Electron rocket. The booster was due to launch twin 'Celeste' satellites for Europe, but then this happened... | | |  | | (ESO/C. Lawlor, R. F. van Capelleveen et al.) | Moving on to deep space for a moment, scientists hunting for strange new worlds have found a strange new sight: two exoplanets forming around a star in a view that looks like a twin of our own solar system. Is this what our own star systm looked like 4 billion years ago? Here's what we know. | | |  | | (NurPhoto/Getty Images) | NASA may be SpaceX's flagship customer for astronaut taxi trips to space, but now Europe is getting in on the action with this new mission. Called EPIC, the mission will fly to the International Space Station, but when? Find out here. | | |  | | (Archetype Entertainment) | Sure, this time-dilating interstellar adventure, "Exodus," won't arrive until 2027, but that doesn't stop its creators from teasing us with more sneak peeks. Here's the latest glimpse into this wild space game. | | |  | | Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket on the launch pad at Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. (Isar Aerospace) | We love rockets. We also love the northern lights. But what if you put them together? You get today's space photo of the day, which shows a dazzling view of a new rocket from startup Isar Aerospace under the auroras of Norway. But why Norway? Find out when it's launching from there in our daily feature. | |  | | (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho) | For our space history bit today, we're going back. Way back to the 15th century, when Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn's cloudy moon Titan. Here's how it happened and how to pronouce Huygens! | | | | That's a wrap for today's daily dose of Space. If you're still reading, thanks for sticking around until the end. Let me know if you're planning to watch Artemis 2 in person, on TV or (just maybe) on Space.com next week!
I'll be in Florida for the launch, so if you see me there say hi!
Keep looking up,
Tariq Malik
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