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Meet the 8-year-old from California whose plushie is on the way to Artemis II

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Meet the 8-year-old from California whose plushie is on the way to Artemis II

The California native is heading to Artemis II – and she’s not human. RISE, a beautiful model created by 8-year-old Lucas Ye, joins four astronauts aboard Artemis II, which will launch Wednesday at 6:24 pm ET, marking the first human mission to return to the moon in more than half a century. “I was so … Read more

‘This was real’: Meet the woman who warns the world of an asteroid strike

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'This was real': Meet the woman who warns the world of an asteroid strike

The UN officer was trained for this moment. He was training and practicing on the tables in his offices in Vienna, sitting in a gray and unassuming 1970s concrete building near the Danube River. Aarti Holla-Maini, a British lawyer with a background in the satellite business, needed to at least play the situation step by … Read more