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NASA Plans a Bold Orbital Rehearsal Before Astronauts Land on the Moon Again

NASA is preparing an unusually ambitious dress rehearsal for its planned return to the lunar surface: astronauts aboard an Orion capsule will rendezvous and dock in Earth orbit with test versions of both SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers before the actual Artemis III landing. The agency says it is holding its schedule despite delays tied to a Blue Origin launchpad accident earlier this year.