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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed before teams signed off on the daring attempt.
NASA is working hard on readying Artemis III to launch next year.
NASA has begun assembling segments of the SLS solid rocket boosters that will help launch astronauts on Artemis III as early as next year.
The Artemis II astronauts made an impact on potentially hundreds of millions of people during their mission, according to NASA figures.
The country's plans include spacecraft designed to detect asteroids coming from the direction of the sun, which has long been a space-rock blind spot.
NASA is hoping to launch the mission to Mars in 2028.
The next American flag to be planted on the moon has been placed in the hands of one of the last astronauts to walk on the lunar surface.
The Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen will step back from active astronaut service in September for a new role.
