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J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who raced to decode the human genome, died Wednesday in San Diego. He was 79. His death was an...
J. Craig Venter studies a rock at the location where his company, Synthetic Genomics, is preparing samples of soil and rock found in the Mojave Desert outside Baker, Calif., Nov. 15, 2013. Venter, a risk-taking outsider who brought speed, competition and controversy to the race to decode the human genome, died in San Diego on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. He was 79. (Michal Czerwonka/The New York Times)

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who raced to decode the human genome, died Wednesday in San Diego. He was 79. His death was an...
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NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman takes a moment during the seven-hour lunar observation period where the crew reported to the ground team their observations including color nuances, which will help enhance scientific understandings of the Moon, April 6, 2026. (NASA/Handout via Reuters)

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The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world’s first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth ...
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The crew of the Artemis II mission, clockwise from left: Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Mission Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover pose for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator “Rise” inside the Orion spacecraft on April 7, 2026. The crew members are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego, Calif., on Friday, April 10. (NASA via The New York Times) — NO SALES; EDITORIAL USE ONLY—

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As the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission were zooming closer to home Thursday after their record-breaking swing around the moon, ...
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In a video still from NASA, the crew of Artemis II celebrates Easter Sunday by presenting Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency with golden astronaut wings. Hansen is the one member of the crew who had not been to space before. (NASA via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY A photo provided by NASA shows a view of the Vavilov Crater, center, and the older and larger Hertzsprung Basin, right, on the far side of the Moon during the Artemis II flyby on Monday evening, April 6, 2026. On the sixth day of the mission, 248,655 miles from Earth, four people — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — ventured farther from home than any human being who has ever lived. (NASA via The New York Times)

First Photos From NASA Moon Flyby Show Setting Earth and Eclipse

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Fresno and Central Valley residents saw a streak across the sky Monday night, which was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching 25 Starlink satellites into orbit. (Special to GV Wire)

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NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS.

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NASA Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover answer questions from reporters during the first downlink event of their mission April 2, 2026. (NASA TV/Handout via Reuters)

Artemis Crew Reaches the Moon, Approaches Record-Breaking Distance From Earth

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the crew of the Artemis II mission, lifts off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The crew of four — three Americans and one Canadian — reached space on Wednesday on the first crewed journey to the moon since 1972. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

An Adorable Stowaway Joins the Artemis II Mission to the Moon

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People set cameras to photograph NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, on Pad 39B, ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NASA Launches First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half a Century

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that mar...
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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen speaks with family members before he and the rest of the Artemis II crew board a van for the drive to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The crew of four — three Americans and one Canadian — are scheduled to launch Wednesday evening on the first crewed journey to the moon since 1972. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Artemis Astronauts Await Liftoff of NASA Moon Mission

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