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NASA's 2025 Missions Include Historic Artemis 2 Launch

9/25/2025

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NASA's Upcoming Missions

NASA and NOAA will launch three missions on September 24, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center.
The trio includes Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and SWFO-L1; Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission near the Moon since Apollo 17 (1972).
Artemis 2's Orion capsule is named Integrity; the NASA-Canadian crew will launch Feb 5–Apr 26, 2026.

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NASA's Solar Missions

NASA's IMAP mission will map the heliosphere's boundaries and provide real-time solar wind data and energetic neutral atom measurements to improve space weather predictions.
SWFO-L1 will function as a modern solar storm detector, shortening warnings to protect satellites and astronauts.
The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will image Earth's exosphere in ultraviolet to reveal its structure and solar wind interactions.

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NASA's Upcoming Missions

NASA and NOAA will launch three missions on September 24, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center.
The trio includes Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and SWFO-L1; Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission near the Moon since Apollo 17 (1972).
Artemis 2's Orion capsule is named Integrity; the NASA-Canadian crew will launch Feb 5–Apr 26, 2026.

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