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While NASA’s Artemis III mission moves forward, work on Artemis IV and V is already underway! 🚀 At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, teams are making steady progress on the core stages for the SLS rockets. Here’s a look at some recent moves and tests:

A man wearing a yellow safety vest stands with his back to the camera as he looks at a large piece of rocket hardware in front of him. The hardware is covered in a blue covering and sits on an orange trasnport system. Credit: NASA/Steven B. Seipel

In early April 2026, the Artemis II crew became the first to travel beyond the Moon in more than 50 years and traveled farther in space than humans have ever before. For their achievements, each was awarded with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor today. Congratulations!

The Artemis II crew – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – stand for photos after receiving the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from President of the United States Donald Trump in a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 28, 2026. In the photo Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman are shaking hands.

Artemis III progress continues with installation of the RS-25 engines and ongoing integration of the twin solid rocket booster segments for SLS, continued hardware installation and testing on the recently powered-on Orion spacecraft, and the Artemis III crew’s intensive training.

A group of workers wearing safety gear guide and position an RS-25 engine on a yellow transport platform inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. The engine features a wide, conical nozzle and complex piping at the top. The surrounding area includes bright blue structural frames and yellow stairways and railings. Credit: NASA/Clayton Rougelot

The image shows underneath a platform with a hanging RS-25 engine inside, above a clean, polished floor. Equipment carts, control panels, cables, and metal storage cages are positioned around the workspace. Credit: NASA/Clayton Rougelot

Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio, and Randy Bresnik are pictured smiling inside of the Orion mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center during an Orion habitation skills training. Credit: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

Frank Rubio smiles while Luca Parmitano practices with a camera during a camera skills training inside the Orion mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/James Blair

Look up tonight. The Moon will pass through Earth's shadow during a deep partial lunar eclipse visible from much of North and South America and parts of Europe and Africa. As the eclipse deepens, the Moon will appear tinged with shades of red and copper.

A nearly total partial lunar eclipse fills the center of the frame against a dark sky. The Moon is bathed in shades of red, orange, and copper as Earth's shadow covers most of its surface, leaving only a thin, bright crescent illuminated along its left edge. Dark lunar maria and lighter highlands remain visible through the reddish glow. The image was captured during the November 19, 2021, partial eclipse of the full Beaver Moon, the longest partial lunar eclipse in centuries. Credit: NASA

Making a mess... to benefit humanity! To help NASA and commercial partners better understand the science of lunar landings, @NASALangley has started a series of complex plume-surface interaction tests inside a massive 60-foot spherical vacuum chamber. go.nasa.gov/4gtwkrm

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