NASA's Artemis II to Return to Moon in Bet on Agency's Future

Posted on 04/01/2026
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Bloomberg's Loren Grush said that NASA's Artemis II mission to get back to the moon is aimed at being a 'proving ground' for potential missions to Mars. She said that NASA hopes to take the lessons learned on the moon and use them to figure out the challenges of living on a surface much farther away. Grush also weighed in on the stakes surrounding NASA's focus on the moon, as the agency tries to prove its worth amid budget concerns and the private space race.

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