NASA will try its Artemis II launch again in early Apr.
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NASA satellite crashes back to Earth
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According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.
A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about the close pass. (Adobe Photo)
Track the Artemis II mission in real time using NASA's AROW tracker. See Orion's location, speed, distance from Earth and Moon, and mission milestones live.
NASA's moon landing program delay represents the latest in in technical, budgetary, workforce and public perception challenges plaguing the agency.
SpaceX's Starship has accumulated at least two years of development delays since NASA picked the rocket as an astronaut moon lander in 2021, and is expected to require more time to clear remaining hurdles before landing on the moon,