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April 14, 2026

Estes launches NASA's Gemini Titan as flying model rocket kit

You can now build and fly the rocket that launched the missions NASA needed to learn how to land astronauts on the moon. Estes has debuted the Gemini Titan, a 1:48 scale model builders kit designed for both flight and display.

April 13, 2026

Boost to the moon: Artemis II astronauts ate Astreas energy truffles

Move over M&M's. Nudge to the side Nutella. Astronauts now have a new type of chocolate to savor on — and super charge — their flights to the moon. Astreas has revealed that its chocolate truffles were eaten on board NASA's Artemis II mission.


April 12, 2026

'Project Hail Mary,' Artemis II and the trouble with flying flags

"Project Hail Mary," now in movie theaters, and NASA's Artemis II mission, now back from the moon, share an unusual similarity in the trouble that both space adventures encountered with some international flags.


April 8, 2026

Nine brands like Nutella and Nikon that flew to the moon on Artemis II

Nutella changed its social media profile pic from pancakes drizzled with its sweetened hazelnut-cocoa spread to an image of one of its jars floating in front of the moon. The brand was not reacting to astronauts having just flown by the moon, but its own part in it.


April 6, 2026

'Old neighborhood': Artemis II crew flies past Apollo 13 distance record

NASA's Apollo and Artemis programs crossed historic paths, as the latter broke a record set by the earlier, and the legacy of earlier lived on with latter's promise for the future. The Artemis II crew has surpassed a distance achieved by Apollo 13 in 1970.
April 13, 2026

Breitling celebrates its first flight to the moon with Navitimer 'Artemis II' watch

The first Swiss watch brand to be worn into space is now the newest timepiece to be flown around the moon. NASA's Artemis II crew wore a previously unseen Breitling chronograph with a 24-hour dial. A limited Navitimer "Artemis II" has been introduced.


April 10, 2026

Splashdown! Artemis II crew is back on Earth after flyby of the moon

The first astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years are back on Earth. Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen splashed down aboard their Orion spacecraft "Integrity" in the Pacific Ocean.


April 7, 2026

Photos: Artemis II crew saw 'Earthset,' solar eclipse on historic flyby of the moon

The Artemis II crew wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby, marking humanity's first return to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side. The first photos released by NASA of what the crew saw are presented here.


April 6, 2026

'Don't expect hi-res video': Artemis II flyby of the moon to arrive first at 'low rate'

Humanity is about to get its first in-person, up-close look at the moon in more than half a century. Four astronauts will spend about seven hours observing the far side of the moon, the half that constantly points away from Earth.

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April 13, 2026
GQ

The Story Behind the Artemis II Crew's Incredible Custom Caps


Not long after the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission splashed back down to Earth on Friday, the astronauts were each presented with a gift: A blue baseball cap featuring custom gold chain-stitch embroideries of their name, the mission, and the US Navy transport ship that recovered them.

April 1, 2026
WLOS

Artemis II astronauts carry a piece of WNC during historic mission around the moon


The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched its Artemis II mission, sending astronauts around the moon, with western North Carolina playing a role in the historic launch. When the astronauts begin their journey, they will be carrying a piece of North Carolina with them, the official Artemis II mission patch.

April 1, 2026
Florida Today

'Strong demand' for NASA Artemis II merchandise on Florida's Space Coast


Space Shirts owner Brenda Mulberry has printed millions of space shirts on north Merritt Island for national retail distribution since her business' 1984 genesis. And she labeled NASA's Artemis II crewed moon mission "a big hit" with space-fan shoppers.

March 30, 2026
PBS

Apollo's old-timers root for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch


The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo's workforce was still alive.

March 21, 2026
Associated Press

Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency


Sixty years after Neil Armstrong barely survived an emergency in orbit around Earth on Gemini 8, never-before-seen photos of his heroic return have been donated to the Ohio museum that bears his name.
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