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  "textContent": "The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question is, why do we have astronauts at all?\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Space, Science\n\n**Tags:** Mars, Moon, Orion Spacecraft, artemis, International Space Station, Apollo",
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