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NASA pushes back crewed moon landing to 2025 NASA has officially adjusted its timeline for the Artemis III mission and won't be landing on the Moon in 2024. The agency is now aiming to land the first woman and next American man on the lunar surface in 2025 at the earliest, NASA administrator Bill Nelson has announced. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-pushes-back-crewed-moon-landing-to-2025-083617472.html

July 20, 2019 at 4:17:40PM ET marks exactly fifty years from when the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle touched down on the Moon. There are going to be events and activities galore to celebrate the anniversary, honor the historic achievement, and explore how the space program is preparing for the future. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/20689155/apollo-11-moon-landing-50th-anniversary-celebrate-how-to-events-activities https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64756192/23399378513_b0ddb41f52_k.0.jpg

China’s Chang’e-4 lander reached the Von Kármán crater near the moon’s South Pole on Wednesday, marking the first time a human craft has visited the lunar far side. from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/china-lands-first-probe-far-side-moon-180971172/ https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/ScVkgHOhR4CMCXjItycg-KF4oKM=/fit-in/1072x0/https:/public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/0e/99/0e992d57-b704-43bc-a0a3-81da602b94f4/yuta-rover-rolling-1546879144.jpg